The only way the administration can hope to extricate itself from the mess it's created, is to continue to hype the Iraq-9/11 link. Notice how BUsh has redrawn the argument for the Iraq war from threat of WMD to it being the major battlefield in the "war on terror." It's the only option he has. The average American, none too bright and plenty gullible to begin with, sees that remark on TV or hears it on the radio and says to himself, "Hmm, we can't afford to lose a battle in the war on terror. We've got to stay and kick ass!" So we'll continue to have foreign policy experts like Roger CLemens and George Pataki believing Iraq sponsored 9/11.

Pre-9/11, I used to think Rumsfeld was an amusing character for his brusque manner. Now I recognize him for the professional liar that he is. Remember the day he stated "I don't think we're going to find WMD's in Iraq?" After months of harping on that issue, this idiot comes out and virtually admits it was a lie! There;s no subtlety in this administration. THey just don't give a shit.

It says something about this country-- that in an age when information is more readily and easily available than at any time in our history, the populace can be so easily duped by the administration, time and time again.

As someone said, this administration uses one lies as the basis for a new lie. So the lie about WMD is used to create the lie that the war was actually because Iraq is a terrorist hot bed, when the truth is that the war created the terrorist threat.

Rumsfeld sounds just like Nixon circa 1970.

Why should they engage in honest debate instead of just repeating lies?
Because, aside from a minority who are outraged, most still buy the lies, and otherwise their policies are working perfectly: Lie, cheat, steal, kill, repeat.
We are the suckers in the neocon game; the aim was to loot the treasury and run for the hills, and so far, so good.