Oh, so that's it!

Thankfully, Maureen Dowd has informed us of the real reason for the President's urgency on Iraq: "conservatives won't be happy until they erase what they see as the emasculating legacy of leaving Saddam in power, back when we were tied up with our coalition of nervous Nellie allies."

So it's actually not oil and money (don't even bother making excuses like weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a brutal dictator with a penchant for undertaking illogical invasions), but machismo which is the real reason Iraq has the top priority for President Bush.

Thanks for clearing that up, Maureen!