re: #161 Blind Frog Belly White

I think in Bush’s case it wasn’t so much cynicism as it is naivete. I think he and a lot of the PNAC types really, truly believed all they needed to do was to kick over the anthill, and everything would come up Western-style pluralistic democracies.

Another point. Even if sincere belief in PNAC fever dreams by Bush/Cheney is assumed, using the 9/11 tragedy to manipulate US public opinion in favor of the Iraq war still counts as deeply cynical.