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Originally posted by analog
How about this: Why do you feel Rumsfeld lied (if you think he lied) about such information, and how does this lie affect how we accept things he says in general as being truthful...
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I think he lied because the administration believes (with some validity) that the American people are incapable of understanding mistakes made by their leaders. If they came out and said, "we were wrong, there was no immediate threat, there were no WMDs, and had we known then what we know now the war would not have taken place." many American would be unable to accept this truth, we do not allow our government to be wrong or to opporate in shades of gray.
As someone who leans to the left and would like to see a populous that can handle the truth I think they should say that anyway -- but i hardly expect it. I imagine that were a right leaner I would feel that such lies benefit the ultimate future good (ie saddam was a bad man, democracy is great, etc) and thus are excusable. But it would still be a lie.