It was within Laura Bush's power to prevent Iraq the whole time, and she didn't

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No one seems to be able to get through to Bush because he
just communicates on another level (when not crying on God's
shoulder).

All Laura had to do before tucking W into bed at night was to
read him a nursery rhyme he could relate to, and Iraq would
have been a non-event:

Georgie Dubya tried to stand tall
Georgie Dubya rode for a fall
All of his surges, and all of our men
Could NOT put Iraq back together again.

That's all she had to say, and she failed to say it.
No wonder Rummy got his way. W hadn't the slightest
clue what he was saying (in fairness, did anybody?).

Like Roy Zimmerman's song says, "'Saddam Shame."