Montecresto
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And the media went along with the Bush administration's narrative, which I'd call pretty "compliant." The Democrats wised up on that war after a couple of years when it was obvious that the narrative wasn't true.
That was political though as well. It didn't take that long to understand the narrative wasn't true. Of course partisan supporters weren't going against their president (which is IMO the biggest threat to our republic) but plenty of us knew at the time and were vocal, in our meager ways. Both legislators and journalists have said subsequently that, at the time, opposition was career suicide!! That's too bad, that that is what it has to come down to. In my wee corner of the world it was painful, wasn't threatening to my career but it was painful, and I do not exaggerate.