At some point in the run up to the Iraq war at least 2 surveys found that over 80% of the US population believed that Iraqi nationals were hijackers on the 9/11 flights. Something in the domestic Media/Political circus managed to get 200 million people to believe a lie that would influence them to support a war which has since been proven to have no positive effect on homeland security. I'm sure this could happen in every other country on the planet too so it would be prudent for any nation to listen to outside voices once in a while - at least on foreign policy.
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