He based his decision off of intelligence reports, and the war was authorized almost unanimously because of it. Everyone with a say in the matter agreed Iraq was a grave threat. If you are in fact right, it would be the result of an institutional problem, not a policy error. Hindsight is 20/20. But if you want to play that card, sarin and mustard gas were found. Russian MiG fighter jets modified for biological warfare were found buried in sand dunes (sound familiar?). Aerial photos taken by the IAEA before the inspection show trucks suspected to be carrying 350 tons of explosives being carted away from the Al-Qaeda arms site. Speculation arose that Russia helped them ship the explosives to Syria; Russia admits they were called into Iraq but refuse to say why. I don't see how you can solely blame Bush for this. Every intelligence report said there was a serious chance of WMD's being held in Iraq. Recent discoveries further this notion, but we won't ever know the truth, unless of course we dig up the entire desert and invade Syria. War was voted on and authorized by both parties. It's fair to criticize the way he has handled the war in past months, but it makes absolutely no sense to say "well there aren't any WMD's there, Bush is a liar, fu*k him."