"Lloyd Parker" wrote:
And of course, it wasn't necessary. Bush lied to us, or was incompetent
and didn't know Saddam didn't have WMD. Either should disqualify him from
being president.

Or, potentially, becoming president does not, in fact, make one super-human.
Perhaps Bush looked at the exact same intelligence the congress looked at,
and made the decision that,
given:
a) Saddam is known to have had WMDs;
b) Saddam has not shown that he has destroyed said WMDs, despite repeated
demands by the UN that he do so;
c) Saddam celebrated the 9/11 attack on the US by terrorists;

therefore,
d) Saddam may want to help terrorists attack the US.
e) He may not have destroyed his WMDs.
f) He may, in fact, be funneling them to terrorists right now.

and, since,
g) terrorists were able to dramatically kill over 3,000 Americans in one
morning with a few box cutters.

well,
h) terrorists with WMDs would be a Really, Really, Really Bad Thing,

and so, especially because of b) (above),
i) Saddam is a clear threat to the continuing safety not only of the US, but
also the world.