From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Mon Jun 16 2003 - 09:26:26 MDT
I thought this was interesting:
<<A third of the American public believes U.S. forces found weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll, and 22 percent
said Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons.
But no such weapons have been found, nor is there evidence they were
used recently in Iraq.
Before the war, half of those polled in a survey said Iraqis were among
the 19 hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001. But most of them were from Saudi
Arabia. None were Iraqis.
[...]
"Given the intensive news coverage and high levels of public attention,"
he said, "this level of misinformation suggests some Americans may be
avoiding having an experience of cognitive dissonance."
That is, having their beliefs conflict with the facts.
Kull said the poll's data showed the mistaken belief that weapons of
mass destruction were found "is substantially greater among those who
favored the war.">>
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/6086632.htm
Oh, in case you missed it, the latest 'smoking sun' (the two alleged WMD
production trailers) is another Bush lie, per 'an official British
investigation':
<<An official British investigation into two trailers found in northern
Iraq has concluded they are not mobile germ warfare labs, as was claimed
by Tony Blair and President George Bush, but were for the production of
hydrogen to fill artillery balloons, as the Iraqis have continued to insist.
[...]
The revelation that the mobile labs were to produce hydrogen for
artillery balloons will also cause discomfort for the British
authorities because the Iraqi army's original system was sold to it by
the British company, Marconi Command & Control.>>
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,977853,00.html
Fun stuff,
-Mike
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