Re: Do you really believe Bush Lied? It makes no sense.
All governments lie, especially when they are going to war. They don't care about what will or won't be found out later, they spin it so it looks OK. No WMDs were found, yet Bush still won reelection and the Republicans retained control of Congress.
Compare the example of Vietnam. Our government lied about it continually from day one. Yet support for the war remained strong, despite the anti-war movement and the revelations of the Pentagon Papers. Richard Nixon won reelection in a landslide in 1972. And later on, many people believe that the war was "lost" by those who opposed it, or told the truth about it. The Big Lie often lives on.
Immediately after 9/11, the vast majority of Americans correctly assumed that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11. But on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, most thought he did. How did that happen?
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