Unapologetic Scaremongers

In case you missed it last week (as I certainly did), here's a terrific piece by Robert Scheer on the release, without charges after two-and-a-half years of captivity, of "those infamous Iraqi female scientists once routinely referred to in the media as "Dr. Germ" and "Mrs. Anthrax". Mr Scheer rightly castigates the MSM for essentially ignoring this story, especially in light of their initial zeal to present these scientists as proof of Iraq's "threat" to the U.S. He writes:

Unfortunately, the mass media, cowed by post-Sept. 11 jingoism, showed no stomach for fact-checking the White House's war propaganda, instead proving alarmingly pliant in simply passing along a distorted portrait that transformed a run-down and hamstrung autocracy into a world-threatening juggernaut. The media still struggle to make themselves accountable.

Little by little, the house of cards on which Mr. Bush's 2003 invasion was based is being exposed for what it has always been - a collection of misleading and outright false allegations, willingly sold to the American people by a compliant press. It's time for the MSM to be more direct in its self-criticism for that egregious complicity.

And it's time for all American citizens to acknowledge that the Bush Administration has demonstrably betrayed our trust, and forfeited its right to remain in control of the nation.