On the one hand, I think we need to take into account which disguised queries “Bush lied” might stand for, given that the choices in the poll were “They were misinformed,” “They lied,” “Might still find WMD,” “Unsure.” If one suspects that Bush cherry-picked evidence in order to support an action he wanted to carry out, that seems closer to lying than being misinformed.
On the other hand, this whole discussion with the Downing Street Memo may be unimportant given that the Iraqi informant whose information was fairly important in the case for U.S. invasion of Iraq recently admitted to lying about WMDs.
On the one hand, I think we need to take into account which disguised queries “Bush lied” might stand for, given that the choices in the poll were “They were misinformed,” “They lied,” “Might still find WMD,” “Unsure.” If one suspects that Bush cherry-picked evidence in order to support an action he wanted to carry out, that seems closer to lying than being misinformed.
On the other hand, this whole discussion with the Downing Street Memo may be unimportant given that the Iraqi informant whose information was fairly important in the case for U.S. invasion of Iraq recently admitted to lying about WMDs.