If anyone in this country does not think they are being played by this administration they must be crazy. Let's look at one example. I don't think polls are what they appear to be. I believe the numbers are used to bring about a desired result. Like this one, AP poll finds strong majority back war in Iraq. Let's say this is true. Why do you think everyone loves the war again? I say it's because Saddam was "captured" last week. So now that everyone loves the war again it's time to make sure we hide the lies. So now this, Is the search for weapons over?

Mr Bush's public dismissal of the weapons issue is the latest move by Washington and London to change the justification for war. Weapons of mass destruction, and even weapons programmes, are no longer being put forward as the reason for the invasion.

Senior US and British officials now dwell almost exclusively on the atrocities perpetrated by Saddam against his people, and the opportunity provided by his removal for a regeneration of the Middle East.

Opinion polls point to the strategy working. The US public has forgotten what it was being told every day only nine months ago about the "imminent threat" the former Iraqi leader posed to the US, while the capture of Saddam last Saturday had boosted the President's approval ratings to a healthy 60 per cent-plus.

While everyone is focused on the big capture you see with this article and with the articles I linked yesterday what they are trying to hide. So how are we being played? Like the article states for months we were told of the impending doom we would face if we left Saddam alone. All the tons of chemicals and his desire for "nucular" weapons. Most of the American sheeple were in fear and allow their President to take them to war--not caring that our founders gave this power to the Congress so this exact thing would never happen. But we get there and guess what? Just like Saddam, the UN and Scott Ritter said he didn't have any WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! So now they drop back to the mass graves, and gassed his own people--even though we gave him the gas and Kurds are not his own people, he is a Sunni. But I digress. The point is the sheeple now don't care anymore about the pre-war justifications. Now this is about democracy, are style of democracy, whether the Iraqis like it or not. We are there and we just can't leave. I ask why not? They said that for years about Vietnam. What happened when we left there? It looks like they built a nation and more importantly Americans and Vietnamese stopped being killed there.
- posted by Mom/Dad @ 7:14 AM