IT is not truthful, Teribus, to fixate on a subset of the facts tot he exclusion of other relevant facts, to ignore context, and to deny semantic overtones that were very much actively in play at the time of the original incident.

The fact that some people believed SOME of the data surrounding Iraq, and ignored other data, does not mean they were seeking the truth. Au contraire, it indicates they were using pre-defined bias filters. An awful lot of folks saw through the duplicity of the Administration, despite the fact that many others bought their package, junk and all, and swallowed. Yourself included.


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