At least, in the words of Abraham Lincoln "You can fool all of the people some of the time."
We are in one of those periods where Willfulness is strong and respect for Truth weak. The Islamic Warriors know it, sense it, exploit it.
Global Warming is a an example. The citrus crop in California as dead on the tree from the cold, the nation is in an intense cold snap, the last Atlantic hurricane season went by without a significant hurricane making landfall. Despite that, the public, leaders and media displays massive willfulness -- fanaticism, really -- that we are close to doom from global warming.
Other examples of how the Will obscures Truth in our time -- the HATRED of President Bush, the doom-and-gloomism about an economy that has amazingly low unemployment, inflation and which is booming.
And yet the most dangerous willfulness is in the denial that we had just cause to attack Iraq, and just cause -- necessity! -- to continue the war, to at least be in a unified war stance, against the attacking Islam.
Reminds me also of this quote that liberals our enemy and Democrats are using to thier advantage
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Mark Twain