This should not surprise too many people, but it is interesting that confirmation of our beliefs is finally trickling out.

El Pais, the highest-circulation daily in Spain, today published what it said was the transcript of a private talk between President George W. Bush and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar on February 22, 2003, concerning the coming U.S. invasion of Iraq. It took place at the ranch in Crawford, Texas.

The conversation took place on the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas. The confidential transcript was prepared by Spain's ambassador to the United States, Javier Ruperez, the paper said.

Bush purportedly said he planned to invade Iraq inf March "if there was a United Nations Security Council resolution or not....We have to get rid of Saddam. We will be in Baghdad at the end of March."

He said the U.S. takeover would happen without widespread destruction. He observed that he was willing to play bad cop to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's good cop.

Every reason given for invading Iraq was total bullshit. And that is an important fact to remember as you hear the steady drumbeat for war in Iran.

I truly doubt that Iran is supplying weapons to Iraqi insurgents. I doubt that they are currently trying to start a nuclear weapons program. I doubt that they want to destroy Israel. Essentially I doubt everything that this administration says about them.

I always doubt the word of those who I have caught lying to me repeatedly. I find it to be a good rule of thumb.