Is the meme of the day here, so go read Kos’s guest blogger (and sure to leave Kos in the lurch as with his other guest bloggers) write about the culture of fear.
Read the comments as well, some are exceptionally touching.
One of my greatest misgivings with the administration’s handling of the war is that they attempted to tie Saddam to bin Laden. It is clear why the administration did that, but what is also clear is that such choices have toxic long term effects to democracy. The case against Iraq stood on its own and yet they couldn’t help, but go for the cheap sell.