[ThomasMore]

These are important questions. At the end of the day, is it always better to believe and speak the truth?

Yep!

Does the truth itself really matter?

Yep!

While generalizing is always dangerous, the above responses to the Iraq affair indicate that many Americans would look at such questions with a jaundiced eye.

Only the Liberals. Well...those who do not believe in objective truth.(liberals) We are rather cynical about the value of truth.

Again...Liberals!

[ThomasMore]

it may partly explain why the outcry against the White House's deception over the war in Iraq was rather muted.

That's assuming that the White House deceived the American public. IT DID NOT! End of story! Nothing here! Move on!

[ThomasMore]

Liberal-inspired relativism is weakening American resolve;

You bet. And its killing the moral fiber of our society.