It has got nothing whatsoever to do with who I "like" or who I "don't like" it's a simple statement of the reality of the situation.

Here we are on this forum being regaled about how the current administration has lied and manipulated the American people in order to get into a war with Iraq so that the USA could supposedly "steal" Iraq's oil.

Now as it was a committee consisting of members from both Houses of Congress and all of the intelligence agencies of the US Government that identified Iraq as being a threat. And taking into account that both houses of congress have to be convinced of that threat why does the public have to be lied to?? The public formed no part of the decision making process in 2002 and 2003. They did in 2004 and judging by the results of that Presidential election came to the same conclusion as both houses of congress, the US intelligence agencies and the Administration did in 2002.

So the simple rational question that has to be asked is who had to be lied to and manipulated and for what purpose - the answer from the current administrations perspective of course is nobody, it achieves nothing, it's a waste of time and effort, a pointless exercise.

OK so being perfectly impartial, let's examine the other side of this. Is there any mileage to be gained by opponents of the current administration in making people believe that the current administration has lied and manipulated the public, of course there is - that's politics and there are elections to be won, cast doubt, muddy the waters. But none of it stands up to close examination.