UPDATE: The charge of lied to the American people should not be tossed around so casually. Bush used the WMD's (which nearly everyone in the civilized world believed) partially to justify the deposition of Saddam Hussein from office in Iraq, but it was by no means the only justification for war. This man had invaded another sovereign country, had used poisonous gas to kill thousands of his own civilians (the Kurds) and had harbored and funded terrorists for many years. If you don't believe that, you have a problem with Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Madeleine Albright, Warren Christopher and a whole cast of clintonistas, among many others. Our intelligence gathering, at the time, was in a shambles and Bush had to rely on it. He perceived Saddam as a clear and present danger to the US. That's not lying, call it an error in judgement, a breakdown of intelligence-gathering or anything you like, but it doesn't appear to fall under the category of lying in this case. You who are so wildly outraged at the accusation of Bush lying, voted for a guy (probably twice) who put his hand on the Bible, swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and promptly lied his ass off in an attempt to avoid a financial judgement in favor of a legitimate plaintiff, a crime for which he paid a very high price, which you then somehow rationalized. Whatever the motivation, whatever the justification, we're in. And we're not pulling out, for a long time. We have boots on the ground, soldiers and civilians in harm's way and we need to establish this democracy, if not for the sake of Bush's credibility, for the long-term credibility of America's diplomatic reputation. To pull out now with our tails between our legs, which is what the idiotic left wing peaceniks want, would make Americans and the rest of the world enormously unsafe and every 2-bit terrorist emboldened about his/their ability to break our will. Think about it. ORIGINAL COMMENT 1/4/05: I believe the majority of Americans believe this to be little more than a shrill talking point, (whining point) characteristic of the loony lefties, who generally add very little to intelligent political discourse in America. I think that the accusation, lied to the American people applies much more damningly to Bill Clinton and to John Kerry, unless there's some example of Bush lying, that is more literally verifiable.