President Bush and his Administration have been tragically misleading us.  Among the more blatant and destructive courses in this direction has been the infamous war promotion fear campaign with the "weapons of mass destruction" high voltage propaganda pitch.  

This was geared to strike fear, to rev the American public into a "fight or die" war frame.  Once the truth was revealed, once much of Iraq's infrastructure was destroyed, was there an apology for this deadly deception?

Not on your life!  The "Saddam was a bad man and we got rid of him" message was declared.  Nothing was mentioned as to why, if Saddam Hussein was such a bad man, did Daddy President Bush ask for that $3 billion loan to help Saddam buy foodstuffs during the elder president's first two years?

Then, suddenly, when we had announced we would not do anything about Saddam invading Kuwait, when Iraq felt fully justified in stopping Kuwait's oil steal through slant drilling, the Elder Bush went to war in the Gulf.

With righteous indignation, the U.S. rallied allies and the coalition managed to kill Iraqis running across the desert, many with their hands up begging to be taken prisoners, anything to escape from Saddam - a man the U.S. had supported for years with a "weapons buffet".