Another memo. This one, from “a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2003 ” between President Bush and Prime Minister Blair, shows that the president and the prime minister acknowledged that no unconventional weapons had been found inside Iraq.”

(Clear your head. Have some coffee. Read that date again.)

No worries, the memo reveals, Mr. Bush would find a way and “talked about several ways to provoke a confrontation, including a proposal to paint a United States surveillance plane in the colors of the United Nations in hopes of drawing fire, or assassinating Mr. Hussein.”

(Are you starting to feel abused? Manipulated? Need a shower?)

The memo also states that while our leader seemed to urgently press the United Nations for a second resolution condemning Iraq, behind closed doors “he made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he was determined to invade Iraq without the second resolution, or even if international arms inspectors failed to find unconventional weapons.”

(Are you paying attention yet?)

This post was written by Mary Mancini