Yes. Whenever I've engaged in (mostly futile) efforts to wake up friends, I generally end up saying: "Repeat this n times: 'Iraq is refining uranium, Saddam has WMD', 'Iraq is refining uranium, Saddam has WMD', 'Iraq is refining uranium, Saddam has WMD'... Now you have Dick 'n' Don's Excellent Adventure, featuring lucrative weapons testing on live targets, job security for Das Homeland's 'terror' industry, and many years of paid speaking tours". Rinse, lather, repeat.