Michael Kinsley asks the key questions.

Bush's Ulterior Motive - Could it be oil? Maybe, but what about oil? By Michael Kinsley How has an attack on the United States by a terrorist group based in Afghanistan led us to war against Iraq? Why are nuclear weapons in Iraq worth a war but not nuclear weapons in North Korea? For most skeptics about Gulf War II (including me), the Bush administration's failure to answer these two questions sincerely or even plausibly, let alone convincingly, is central to our doubts.