Charles Krauthammer made a very good point in his latest article, The Myths of War. 

" Tenet also makes what he thinks is the damning and sensational charge that the administration, led by Vice President Cheney, had been focusing on Iraq even before 9/11. In fact, he reports, Cheney asked for a CIA briefing on Iraq for the president even before they had been sworn in.

This is odd? This is news? For the entire decade following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Iraq was the single greatest threat in the region and therefore the most important focus of U.S. policy. U.N. resolutions, congressional debates and foreign policy arguments were seized with the Iraq question and its many post-Gulf War complications -- the WMDs, the inspection regimes, the cease-fire violations, the no-fly zones, the progressive weakening of sanctions.

Iraq was such an obsession of the Clinton administration that Clinton ultimately ordered an air and missile attack on its WMD installations that lasted four days. This was less than two years before Bush won the presidency. Is it odd that the administration following Clinton's should share its extreme concern about Iraq and its weapons?"

Other writers have made this point as well about the Democrats hypocrisy regarding Iraq prior to Bush taking office.  The GOP made a very compelling video a while back using actual footage of what they said back in the day.  Click HERE to watch it.  Point is, if Bush lied us into Iraq, then what were the Democrats even talking about in that video?  Were THEY lying then?  Were the world's other intelligence agencies lying when they said Saddam had WMD?  Was the U.N.?  Was SADDAM HUSSEIN when we went around telling everyone he did?

What I wish more columnists would mention is The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998.  (Link is to the statement by the President announcing his signature of the Act into law.  Let's see, who was President back in 1998 again?)

The point is, regime change in Iraq has been U.S. POLICY since 1998.  It took 9/11 and George W. Bush to do anything about it.  Yes, I know Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.  This war isn't solely about 9/11 and never was.  It's about wiping out terrorism and extremist Islam and bringing that region out of the dark ages.  While I don't agree with Bush on a number of issues (immigration, massive government spending, etc.) I do support him in this effort.  He said it'd be fought like no other war, take a long time, and wouldn't be confined to one country.  He was right.  I have a book at  home that lists every speech given by Bush regarding the fight against terrorism since 9/11 and up until Operation Iraqi Freedom.   It's called We Will Prevail.  I suggest you look it over.