For years I have been wondering, did I really hear Bush say he would invade Iraq long before he did?
http://www.iraqtimeline.com/1999.html"October 28: Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush makes it clear that he intends, if elected, to prove himself the equal (or superior) of his father, former president George H.W. Bush, by being aggressive with America's military, and that he will begin that aggression in Iraq. According to author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz, Bush said in recent days, "One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.... My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.... If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it." According to Herskowitz, "Bush expressed frustration in a lifetime as an underachiever in the shadow of an accomplished father. In aggressive military action, he saw the opportunity to emerge from his father's shadow." (GNN/OhMy News)"
There you have it then.