Quote Originally Posted by AdrianII
Indeed, the latest 'screw-up' (which I think wasn't one at all) is far, far less serious. Mind you, in both cases an anonymous source was at the root of the trouble, but the first article was never withdrawn and there have been many like that in the American press. That is why a majority of Americans still believe Osama was sitting on Uncle Saddam's lap playing with a live nuke in 2003. I know that even nowadays, many supporters of this war don't worry how and why they were misled by their government in 2002 and 2003. It just goes to show that most lies succeed because people want to believe them.

1) The US didn't invade based on Newsweek's article. The first botch-job didn't directly cause the 'far, far more serious' loss of life. The second f up directly caused those fatal riots, even if it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

2) People are dumb. We need a global monarchy.