Whether or not Bush is a liar is not the question here.  That is already a proven fact.  He and his minions said repeatedly and unequivocally that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, that they were seeking to develop nuclear weapons, and that Saddam Hussein intended to use them against the United States.  Bush and his people repeatedly characterized the danger as "imminent."  All of this was proven to be untrue by Joseph Wilson and others and, furthermore, Bush knew or should have known that it was untrue.  The only possibility that he did not intentionally lie to conceal his true motives for going to war, would have he and his entire cabinet as being utterly incompetent. In either case, it is quite clear that the Bush Administration's stated reason for going to war against Iraq is false, and that both Congress and foreign leaders took Bush's word. 

        The only remaining question is, Why then did he do it?  Since both he and his vice president are former oil industry executives, that would seem to me to be strongly suggestive of their conflict of interest.  Then there is the fact that Cheney's former company, Halliburton, received billions of dollars in no-bid contracts to service American forces in Iraq, and to restore the Iraqi economy.  When Halliburton submitted millions of dollars in fraudulent overcharges on those contracts, the Bush Administration made no protests and paid the overcharges.  The Coalition also barred foreign oil companies and other contractors from participating in the rebuilding of the country.  And every time that the insurgents blow up an oil pipe line, or a water purification plant, Halliburton gets paid again to replace it and has another opportunity for fraudulent overcharges. The preponderance of the evidence, therefore, indicates that, even though the public does not have access to his stock portfolio, Bush went to war for the money.

        Of course there are other options.  I strongly suspect that Bush is dominated intellectually by Cheney and others behind the scenes, not merely by his mother, and that he is not his own man.  But maybe he holds stock in the defense industry, who stand to make billions replacing the expended munitions, or is paying them back for electing him to office.  Perhaps Bush's motivation was his Evangelical Fundamentalism and a conscious, or unconscious, agenda to convert the Moslem world to Christianity.  Or perhaps Bush's motive was vengeance.  Saddam did attempt to assassinate Bush senior in Kuwait following Desert Storm.  Most likely, all of these played a part, combined with large elements of fundamental stupidity and arrogance.

        But whatever is, or is not, going on in Bush's head, I must point out that my assertions do not make me, or others like me, liars.  It is typical of this president to defend his unreasonable actions by committing liable against his critics.  I can only say that I did not vote for the !@#$%%^&*, any more than I would vote for any Republican.  Hopefully, the rest of the country has learned their lesson before it is too late.  And if you want American troops to come home, all Congress has to do is to take the profit motive out of the equation for Bush and his cronies.  Do that and our boys will be home in a heart beat.  If you don't, Bush (or his minders) will find one excuse after another to justify staying in Iraq, as long as there is a buck to be made and regardless of how many Americans or Iraqis are killed or maimed in the process.

        On December 18, in a speech to the American people, Bush asked that we never give up in our fight for freedom.  I can promise him that we will not give up that fight.  But we do not agree as to who the enemy is.  I, for one will fight to my last breath against the tyranny of the powerful, now led by Bush and his gang.