Please tell me you at least think there might be a smidgen of conflict of interest when the president and vice-president are both oil and energy men, and they go off to oust a leader who just happens to also be an enemy of the Bush family? You could maybe at least admit to that much?

And when gas prices rose up really, really high and pissed off Americans to no end, they might have just a TINY stake in pacifying the SUV nation in order to get re-elected?

Bottom line: we didn't have to go to war with Iraq. The president *wanted* to, and fabricated a bunch of reasons to do so. I'm sure his motivations are myriad... it's just really really convenient that he benefits financially and personally (grudge-wise) from it too.