Bush against invading sovereign nation without its permission?

Yes, you read that correctly and what nation do I speak of? Pakistan. Since 2005, the Bush administration has known that al-Qaeda's senior leadership has resided in Pakistan, but what did Tom Fingar, of the office of the Director of National Intelligence say in regard to the situation? "It's not that we lack the ability to go into that space. But we have chosen not to do so without the permission of the Pakistani government." I see... This didn't stop the administration from going to Iraq. Heck, even after years to reflect and perhaps an opportunity to come to grips that no permission was ever granted, we're still in Iraq! So, this is all quite befuddling to me.

Karl Rove, AKA Bush's brain, had this to say about the predicament, "The United States has concerns about taking unilateral action in a sovereign nation without their approval. And so this has always been the difficulty we have with - [laughter.] Unless, of course, they're Saddam Hussein."

Am I saying we should invade Pakistan? Heck no. I just find it quite amusing in an ironic sort of manner that the Bush administration's words, attitudes, and actions are so drastically different on Iraq and Pakistan. Interesting, indeed...