One of the most important pieces of wisdom I have gained over the years from listening to Rush is to always ask, "Why THIS, and why NOW. "
The second nugget gained is to ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Watching politics and the media is like watching a magician. He deceives by drawing attention away from the hand that is making the switch.
An investigation of many refrigerators in the United States would find bottuli in a neglected corner, with no intention of creating a WMD. Our libraries and internet are full of documents and sites depicting how to make gunpowder, pipe bombs, booby traps, weapons statistics, etc. without the intent to support terrorism. Let's get real here, potential WMD threats become WMD's when used. Paranoia is destroying our ability to make sound judgements and we are wasting millions of dollars furthering it.