I am going through Irish Times archives at the moment (exciting, I know) and came across a line worth mentioning. The date is September 3rd 2002. The quote:

Mr Cheney and others have indicated that the inspectors issue is largely irrelevant to their thinking on the need to overthrow the Iraqi dictator.

I trust the Irish Times will not go unreminded of its own assessment the next time it argues that regime change and democratization were post facto rationalizations for Saddam's overthrow.