Itchy Trigger Finger

It seems I've heard this sentiment at least anecdotally before, but now from a former biographer of Bush himself: Bush Wanted To Invade Iraq If Elected in 2000

He said to me: ‘One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.’ And he said, ‘My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.’ He said, ‘If I have a chance to invade….if I had that much capital, I’m not going to waste it.

Wonder what excuse he'd have used if it hadn't been for 9/11? Not that 9/11 really gave him much excuse...