Why this sudden push to rewrite history about the Iraq war?

[JDPriestly]

91. I read the Los Angeles Times and listened to the news on

the radio around that time. What I heard was how Colin Powell reported to the UN that, yes, indeed, Iraq had magic trucks that carried WMDs around. He showed us photos of these trucks.

Sorry. But I did not get the news from the media I was reading every morning. And I never watched Fox or read a Murdoch newspaper.

If you had the time to read news sources that informed you about the lies, good for you.

I was working very long hours. The media that reached me said nothing about the hoax that was going on.

The only time I questioned the media stories was when I watched an interview between Dan Rather and Saddam Hussein on the eve or very shortly before our first strikes took place. I turned to my husband and said something to the effect of, "He looks like he is telling the truth. Or at least he believes he is."

That was the first inkling I had that the whole thing was maybe a hoax. But I did not have any reason to believe that my government, even with Bush and Cheney heading it, would lie to me to start a war.

I believed that Hitler had lied to the German people to con them into WWII, but I never, never believed that our government could do that. We are supposed to have checks and balances. Remember?

Our system is supposed to protect us against dictators who lie us into illegal wars. Remember?

I totally disagree with the OP. Some members of my family were on to the lies, but honestly, I trusted my country. And from my newspapers and in the limited time I had, there was no way I could have known. I had no reason to think my government would lie in this way to me.

The Iraq War really opened my eyes. I think that the Rachel Maddow documentary will finally open the eyes of a lot of other people. And I'm glad she is making it. I will watch it on the internet.

You have to understand that when the LA Times fired Robert Scheer and refused to put the Downing Street memo story front, center and frequently on its front page, I ended my subscription. And I do not have cable TV either. Bunch of liars. That's what they are.

And that is why I am grateful to Julian Assange and Wikileaks for tearing down the wall between the truth and our media.