Willful ignorance?
Majority of Bush supporters still haven't got a clue:
Even after the final report of Charles Duelfer to Congress saying that Iraq did not have a significant WMD program, 72% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq had actual WMD or a major program for developing them. Fifty-six percent assume that most experts believe Iraq had actual WMD and 57% also assume, incorrectly, that Duelfer concluded Iraq had at least a major WMD program. Kerry supporters hold opposite beliefs on all these points.
Similarly, 75% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda, and 63% believe that clear evidence of this support has been found. Sixty percent of Bush supporters assume that this is also the conclusion of most experts, and 55% assume, incorrectly, that this was the conclusion of the 9/11 Commission. Here again, large majorities of Kerry supporters have exactly opposite perceptions.
The Separate Realities of Bush and Kerry Supporters - (pdf) emphasis added
This has gone way past willful ignorance. To whomever still thinks that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11, or had WMD's, or that WMD's have been found, or that Saddam gave material aid to al Qaeda: you are wrong. So wrong that you are not even living in the same reality-based community. So wrong that you again still lucky to have a cervical cortex to allow you to function. I don't know what you need to shatter your false belief, but it must happen in one mighty episode of cognitive dissidence, for all of our sakes. All of the following publications disagree with you, oh 75% of Bush supporters who think Saddam gave material aid to al Qaeda (all Iraq WMD documents & UNMOVIC documents):
- 08 NOV 2002 - UN Resolution 1441 (pdf - for historical context)
- 19 MAR 2002 - US Invades Iraq (for historical context)
- 30 MAY 2003 - Thirteenth quarterly report of UNMOVIC (pdf)
- 25 JAN 2004 - Unravelling the Known Unknowns: Why no Weapons of Mass Destruction have been found in Iraq (by British American Security Information Council)
- 28 JAN 2004 - David Kay: No evidence Iraq stockpiled WMDs CNN, Guardian
- 01 MAR 2004 - Inquiry into Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (by Australia), Summary
- 05 JUN 2004 - Notes for the briefing of the Security Council on the thirteenth quarterly report of UNMOVIC (by Hans Blix)
- 07 JUL 2004 - Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on the U.S. Intelligence Community’s Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq
- 14 JUL 2004 - Butler Report: Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction (pdf - by the UK), Summary
- 22 JUL 2004 - September 11th Commission Final Report
- 06 OCT 2004 - Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq�s WMD (aka Duelfer Report)
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