dave.. you actually believe in the wmds? and that bush was fed bad intelligence?..
I would have thought that Wolfowitz's Vanity Fair interview would have made that clear..
wolfowitz ... 'for bureaucratic and other reasons we finally settled on the threat of wmds as a justification for invading Iraq..'

Paul O'Neill secretary of the treasury, said Bush wanted to go after Iraq as soon as he came into office.

Richard Clarke, the day after 9/11, Bush said '9/11 - Saddam Hussein find me a link'

I dont believe that Bush is just a useful idiot for the neocons, he isnt intellectually engaging, however he is politically astute, and along with the evil genius Rove (who has a record of winning elections in any way possible) they all make a team.
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for a good long term analysis, I would recommend Gwynne Dyers FUTURE TENSE, he correctly predicted that it would turn into a quagmire for the US.. (You may not be aware of it, but Rove had planned for George BUsh to start his re-election campaign with an appearance in Baghdad.
in the spring of 04, boy was that ever optimistic).