I agree, you can't reason with a madman.
Additionally, Bush needs to get across the message that Saddam was harboring terrorist and sponsoring terrorism and that he was more vital to the war on terror than Osama bin Laden. Saddam may not have ordered the attack on 9-11, but he was up to his eyeballs with al Queda, in training them, etc.
He isn't doing it. So we need to do it.
Here is an easy to read chart of what the media was saying pre-911 (and after): Connect the Dots...Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden
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