Bush was so ready to go to war, seems he didn’t need anyone but god to let him know he was doing the right thing.

A new memo released seems to point out that he was going to do it no matter what. More here.

In the weeks before the United States-led invasion of Iraq, as the United States and Britain pressed for a second United Nations resolution condemning Iraq, President Bush’s public ultimatum to Saddam Hussein was blunt: Disarm or face war.

But behind closed doors, the president was certain that war was inevitable. During a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2003, he made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he was determined to invade Iraq without the second resolution, or even if international arms inspectors failed to find unconventional weapons, said a confidential memo about the meeting written by Mr. Blair’s top foreign policy adviser and reviewed by The New York Times.

“Our diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning,” David Manning, Mr. Blair’s chief foreign policy adviser at the time, wrote in the memo that summarized the discussion between Mr. Bush, Mr. Blair and six of their top aides.

“The start date for the military campaign was now penciled in for 10 March,” Mr. Manning wrote, paraphrasing the president. “This was when the bombing would begin.”

Now more than 2000 American lives have been lost, many many many more Iraq lives, all for what? Lower cost of oil, shit even oil is above 65 dollars a barrel. Maybe we went for freedom, well now we have civil war. Perhaps we went to stabilize the region, pardon me while I take a few hearty gut laughs then throw up all over the place.

Here is a flash representation of all the “coalition of the willing” soldiers that have been killed. Its pretty heart breaking watching it play.