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In reply to the discussion: Why this sudden push to rewrite history about the Iraq war? [View all]tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)we were fed lies by President Cheney and his henchmen. They made a lot of people believe Iraq had the capability to attack us and made the bogus "nucular weapon" claim. They had no evidence that Saddam possessed nukes, yet they propagated that through the airwaves anyway. The entire invasion was founded on lies. Whether or not average Americans supported it is irrelevant, because the situation we thought existed was not reality.
The truth is, a lot of Americans don't pay close attention to political news. Even though the facts were out there, you had to make an effort to find them, either by internet research or watching non-FOX cable political news, and not everyone has the time or desire to do these. The most a lot of people saw were speeches on the evening news by Bush.
Now as for Democrats in Congress voting for the war, they really have no excuse to be so misinformed.