The reasons for the invasion were
1. Personal Bush family grudge against Hussein
2. Oil
3. No-bid contracts doled out to connected firms (security, construction, weapons manufacturers, and on and on)
4. Pressure from the Israel lobby
Zappa was out of his mind, love it. I saw him at the Orpheum in Boston in 1988. You could hardly see the stage from the weed smoke. Sounded good though.
Bush was out of his depth in foreign policy, so he brought in his old man's trusted buddies to craft their plans. The invasion of Iraq was something the neocons had wanted for years, and with Bush in the White House, and Cheney and Rumsfeld at the helm, they got what they wanted. It was all business. It was Halliburton, it was Raytheon, all the firms that needed to feed at the war trough.
Granderson out 10 weeks with a broken arm. Considering all he brings to the table is power, his value this year is negligible, cuz his power numbers will surely drop coming off a broken arm. Shame it wasn't an asshole like A-Rod.