LOOONG AGO, "W" WANTED TO GO INTO IRAQ

When did George W. Bush want to attack Iraq?

In March of 2003?

No, earlier.

Oh, right, after 911--he said Sadam was helping terrorists like those that committed 911.

Nope! Earlier.

I remember now, that was what some guy who quite the White House said--Bush wanted to go into Iraq right after he entered office.

Keep going!

Further back?

Further!

What? Before he was even in office?

Yep! This is from an article at GNN.tv:

Houston: Two years before the September 11 attacks, presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking privately about the political benefits of attacking Iraq, according to his former ghost writer, who held many conversations with then-Texas Governor Bush in preparation for a planned autobiography.

“He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999,” said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. “It was on his mind. He said to me: ‘One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.’ And he said, ‘My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.’ He said, ‘If I have a chance to invade….if I had that much capital, I’m not going to waste it. I’m going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I’m going to have a successful presidency.”

Yeah, well, your "presidency" is a "catastrophic success."

Congratulations, tens of thousands of people are dead now.

I'm sure they're all glad you didn't waste your capital.

Although, I bet there are some people out there who want to waste our nation's capital. Perhaps that chappy with the initials, ObL?