A Tale of Two Cities

Timeline.....Baghdad.....circa 2000

George Bush is convinced Saddam Hussein is developing chemical and nuclear weapons... Formulates tentative plan to invade Iraq.

Timeline.....Tehran.....2006

Iran's President Ahmedinejad announces that his country has successfully enriched uranium...insists it's for civilian nuclear power only...Bush is convinced Iran is developing the bomb.

Timeline.....2001.....New York City

Al Qaeda terrorists destroy the World Trade Centre...Bush tries to convince the American people that Saddam Hussein is in direct cahoots with Al Qaeda.

Timeline.....2002.....United Nations

Acting on orders from the Commander-in-Chief, Colin Powel "proves" that Saddam Hussein does indeed possess weapons of mass destruction.

Timeline.....2007.....Tehran

Iran is accused of directly funding and arming Shi'ite militants in Iraq. Yesterday, US under-secretary of state, Nicholas Burns bluntly accused Iran of supplying arms and fighters to the Taliban in Afghanistan; a charge the Afghan President himself questions.

Timeline.....2003...Washington DC

Bush realizes that Colin Powell is not fully behind him on his Iraq adventure; and engineers his resignation.

Timeline.....2007...Washington DC

Bush eases out Chairman of the Joints Chiefs, General Peter Pace, because he was against a military strike against Iran.

Timeline...2003....Baghdad

George Bush invades Iraq.

Timeline...2007....Tehran

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Am I the only one seeing a pattern here? Have George Bush's visions of Napoleonic conquests not been satiated yet? Is he determined to go out in a blaze of glory...and take the country with him?