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>I'll finish with this: Even if you are 100% correct about the Bush "cabal" and secret intentions, which I vehemently doubt, a takedown of the current Iraqi regime will result in countless lives being saved and millions of folks freed from fear. Doesn't that count?

John,
I don't say that President Bush is part of any cabal. I say there is a cabal that has gained the trust of President Bush.
I think President Bush is a decent and honourable man, but the combination of his delegatory style and complete trust in his advisors has led him to believe people who have objectives that do not mesh with his but who have disguised them as being fully in line with his own.
Hopefully he'll figure this out soon and deal with it appropriately.