Iraq Reloaded

Reply to Tony's Guest Blog::
Welcome. Is it really possible, some intelligent insights from the Lone Star State? A couple of comments, observations:

First, your list of falsehoods would make a nifty bumper sticker for John Kerry.

Second, your blog raises many issues:
What if an originally legitimate war is waged but nearly all the original reasons for war are proven false? Is it still legitimate if all-new justifications are created based solely on the fact you brought the war in the first place? (see here and here.) And what does this experience spell for the next time a crisis arises? Will the American public even believe the next time the boy cries that he sees a wolf?

Finally, an eerie parallel comes to mind when reflecting on Bush's world of false premises re: Iraq. It's The Matrix. In particular, I'm reminded of when Morpheus tells Neo that the world he knows isn't real after all.

Morpheus:The Matrix is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth....
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.