Looking through the archives of Instapundit, I found this prescient post in reaction to the 9/11 attacks :

GEORGE BUSH IS NOW THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD: People always say that about Presidents, of course, but usually it’s only notionally true. Now, if he wants to nuke Baghdad, there is nobody to say him nay — and damned few who would want to. That’s a danger if he goes off half-cocked, but I don’t think there’s much risk of that. But I wonder: do the people behind this assault realize what this means?

Posted 9/11/2001 12:50:25 PM by Glenn Reynolds

“Half-cocked”….well, that’s one way to put it. I think anyone who reads this report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies might use stronger language.