Gullible Americans

The amazing thing is that, they claim to be the Leading Nation of the Free World, when they are so totally misinformed, it is mind blowing, and the world watches on in shock and awe.

Paul Craig Roberts

I was in China when a July Harris Poll reported that 50 percent of Americans still believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when Bush invaded that country and that 64 percent of Americans still believe that Saddam Hussein had strong links with al-Qaida. The Chinese leaders and intellectuals with whom I was meeting were incredulous. How could a majority of the population in an allegedly free country with an allegedly free press be so totally misinformed?...

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