Yes, sometimes it's necessary for our national security that things be kept top-secret and not revealed to our media, who will in turn reveal all to our enemies. There may be knowledge in our government regarding WMD's that are secrets that we don't want our enemies to know that we know and to avoid general public panic. You've said the WMD story didn't pan out. No media proof of nuclear yet, but mustard gas and ricin have been found in Iraq, recently. Missiles caps have been found with chemical traces. Also, a lot of chemical and biological agents have short shelf lives and do not test positive after sitting for certain periods of time. PLUS, it's too early to tell! But, WMD's is only one of many reasons Iraq was a brilliant idea. I like the fact that the extreme terrorists in the region are so concerned that they are putting most of their efforts into fighting IN Iraq! Their actions show us how important Iraq is to the WOT. You've said that Saddam didn't have WMD's after 1991. HUH??? How come all sides of the equation agree that in the mid '90s Iraq destroyed WMD's under UN supervision? It took UN inspectors over two years to gain knowledge of those WMD's after the end of the Gulf war. The Iraq war is still going on.
"Rather than doom the necessary actions sometimes it is necessary to bend the truth." True, but I'd go one step further and say it's necessary to keep some things secret! It's a shame Clinton didn't realize about the importance of necessary actions against the terrorists! Or did he not care. OR did he do his wife's anti-American bidding!