But getting ourselves out of this situation is going to require that Americans as a nation take a look at some very ugly aspects of ourselves. Let's look at the excuses we gave ourselves, and admit we lied to ourselves more than any president ever could.

1) Afghanistan/Iraq played pivital roles in the attack on America.

There's a head scratcher for you. Even the most dumbed down accounts repeated to redundancy that hijackers were mostly Saudis with Egyptian collaborators and leaders. I almost had my face rearranged(admittedly a possible improvement) for even asking this at the time.

2) Weapons of mass destruction

Another one for the genius brigade. Had everyone forgotten about the Pakistani A-tests? And that they were in response to India?

3) They were terrorist training grounds.

Unspeakably laughable. Anybody heard of Syria?

Meanwhile, you, I, and the rest of America thought nothing of putting the faces of Hussein's sons' corpses on the TV. We have all been complicit in the general silence. Who asked how many lives were at stake?