] More than half of Americans, 54 percent, continue to
] believe Iraq (news - web sites) had weapons of mass
] destruction or a program to develop them before the
] United States invaded last year, according to a poll
] released Friday.

I don't think this is what PT Barnum was thinking about when he said there's a sucker born every minute. Or, isn't national policy important enough not to base it on fooling the suckers?