"Everybody knows Osama bin Laden was the man who conceived the 9-11 attack, but by harping on this, (the Bush administration) has gradually convinced 51 percent of the American people that Saddam was behind it."
The former US Senator, and presidential candidate George McGovern spoke at the Great Decisions conference in Milwaukee and said the war with Iraq is just the first of many planned conflicts the administration has in mind.
Even if you disagree with him based on his liberal politics, he makes some valid points. The fact that so many people believe that it was Hussein ordering those planes to crash into their targets on September 11 shows the success of the administration's propaganda machine, and how uneducated many in the States truly are when it comes to the Middle East.
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