Including Grover Cleveland and the Spanish-American war? Do you think the general poulation of the US had a good grasp of why we went to war? There still is no agreement on how the Maine blew up. Or do you think the general poulation really knew why Pres Polk decided to go to war with Mexico? You said earlier people knew the truth...did they? I don't believe any general population anywhere, really knows why their govt does some of the things that it does, and I certainly don't believe the media tells the truth very often when dealing with these types of issues.
Got my tinfoil hat on now.