[driftless]

Dems are forced to say that, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Hussein had no ties to terrorism. Since they are excoriating Bush for not pursuing Al-Qaeda enough, they have to pretend that Hussein had no ties to it. Admitting that the fighting in Iraq is related to the anti-terrorist war would be to admit that Bush is right, which he obviously is, and take the legs out from underneath the demonstrably false Dem position. So they have to keep their blinders on and lie to the American public. As Christopher Hitchens has stated, the dumbest thing he's heard yet is the Dem claim that we should be fighting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and not Iraq.

[Edward_Daley]

"So they have to keep their blinders on..."

And yet they don't HAVE to, they simply CHOOSE to.

How does one combat blind ignorance? In my opinion, one combats it in much the same way one combats blind hatred... with truth and big brass balls!