I'm a long time conservative and the claims of WMD in Saddam's hands made by US intelligence didn't scare me anymore then it scared most Americans. Some folks may have been upset by the talk of war and killing, but they weren't any conservatives I know. I'd say the liberals were the ones scared shitless. So what. Nothing new there.
If you want to raise the spector of Machiavelli, I won't disagree with you. As usual, politics play a big part in most aspects of human relations and have since civilized society first developed. Politics and human nature go hand in hand. This is far from over. And remember, most Americans don't trust the the Saudi's (The House of Saud), but they still support the Israeli people and want the US to continue being her ally.