The funny papers (Prickly City) quote Bertand Russell today.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

I thought the thing about George W. Bush that made him such a good presidential candidate was that you could trust him to tell the truth and do the right thing.

It's clear that the higher ups were warned and lied anyway. And Colin Powell? They used him like "step and fetch it, boy." It's all in the Washington Post so I won't even start here.

Go back and read Russell again. It answers all the questions.