[gcruse]

First and foremost was the President's desire to avenge his father's failure to achieve a lasting victory over Saddam and more particularly his desire to get back at Saddam for an alleged assassination attempt against former President Bush Sr. in 1993.

That's pretty much the case.   A tie to 9/11 was conjured  up to paper this over.

[Deb]

The "avenge the father" argument is the dumbest thing the Democrats, the Marxist Islamics and the Looney Libertarians ever came up with, since GW's removal of Saddam risked making his Father look like a weak warrior who couldn't get the job done even with the UN. Of all the stupid, desperate reasons destructive minds could come up with...this is the most hilarious.

It's interesting that you and the writer of this obvious Onion piece, agree with Baghdad Bob.