"Frank" wrote in message ...
Peter Duniho wrote:

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My main point was simply that the electorate in general believes what
they
want to believe, regardless of what the actual truth is. This is true
of
all people, regardless of party affiliation. My secondary, much less
important point (especially now that the election is over), might be
that
I personally feel that lying to the public in order to justify a deadly
war is a much bigger transgression than has been witnessed in the
Executive branch since the Iran-Contra scandal.

Pete

Very well put Pete.

I'd add that even if the Iraq invasion was justified it was bungled badly.
The administration ignored its own experts and we lost lives because of
it.
For that reason alone they don't merit being returned to office.

If it was bungled so badly, why do the military and veterans overwhelmingly
support Bush instead of Kerry?

Why did Kerry participate in this supposed lie? For a long time, there, he
was Bush's biggest critic for not invading Iraq sooner than he did. Kerry
was the biggest hawk in the country. How come you do not think Kerry was
lying?