Originally Posted by Bluesman

Opinion isn't part of any matter of fact. A poll may be useful in trying to determine what people THINK about something, but it in no way affects objective truth about that thing.

And I can tell you that Saddam's Iraq was just as shocked about 9/11 as the rest of the world. I even wrote a fairly extensive intelligence report to that effect.

But the Iraqi military thought they'd get rolled for it, anyway. They were right, as it turns out, but not because we blamed 'em for it, or thought they were in on it. But we were in a MOOD, and they were dumb enough to catch our eye.