We, here in OZ, were similarly thrust into GW2 on the basis of manufactured 'evidence' of WMDs etc.
Our PM at the time, "Honest John" Howard would brook no dissent on the veracity of claims made by 'Dubya' and his advisers.
Prime Minister Howard was, over matters not directly related to GW2, described by one of his own parliamentary colleagues as "a lying little rodent".
At the time, I also found it intriguing that the US Secretary of State, General Colin Powell, previously a vocal doubter of the 'evidence', fell into line.
Did someone have a quiet little word in his 'shell-pink ear', I wondered?
The whole thing made me sick then and makes me even sicker today when I see the likes of Bush, Blair and Howard rolling in clover
and attempting to justify the mistake 'we' made.