I agree with you as most of us were smart enough to take a wait-and-see attitude and then did our own research rather than taking the government at its word. The question is why so many Americans didn't trust the government whereas intelligent people in other western countries did. Are other governments more honest and trustworthy than ours? That's hard to believe as political scumbagism seems to be a world-wide phenomena.

There is something unique about the American spirit where this type of crap just doesn't sit well.