why have reason followed by policy when you can do whatever you want

From a longer, and also interesting dissection of Bush's Iraq policy versus his immigration proposals:

Bush speechwriter David Frum has written of his first Oval Office meeting with Bush, a few weeks into his presidency, at which the president explained his "determination to dig Saddam Hussein out of power in Iraq."

First few weeks of his presidency... before Sept. 11th, before WMD...

hmmmmm...