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

[Erda]

146. Without question, the Bush Administration manipulated the public into war . . .

I was across the street from the World Trade Center during the 911 attack. I remember the fear and outrage that just about everyone felt that such a horrific thing could happen. Also, having the mail screened for anthrax, and the police cars rushing down Broadway at lightning speed in a show of force and then disappearing into nowhere. I remember armed servicemen outside of Grand Central Terminal and feeling grateful that they were there. I remember the strange death of Dr. David Kelley and the destruction of Valerie Plame's career because her husband dared challenge the Bush Administration. A lot of very strange (dare I say evil) things happened to keep politicians and the public at large in check. The mob mind controlled public discourse. I remember Phil Donahue as the lone television voice questioning that war and how he was taken off the air. The public at large was clearly made to feel afraid, and fear produces a surrendering of logic and of rights. Our brave young people wanted to kick the ass of the people who did this. They were fooled into believing it was Saddam Hussein. I was not deceived by Bush. I could tell just looking at his beady little eyes as he talked to the nation that he was lying. But a lot of people believed him and still do. And then after the war was underway, the courage of Cindy Sheehan as she dared challenge the Bush cabal and how she was portrayed as an unstable, grieving mother.

I hold the Bush Administration responsible for these things and for exploiting the vulnerability of the nation for Bush's "worthy cause" -- "either you are with us or you are against us" war.

Not everyone is politically aware. A lot of people are naive. A lot of people are afraid. I fault a government that recognizes the frailty of the public under attack and then manipulates it into war.