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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
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Originally posted by Animal:
I still feel the same way. The victor WILL write the history books, and there is no doubt in anyone's mind who that will be.
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The victor's do write the history books. That much is true, but if you pre-suppose that everything the victor writes will be lies and are sure that any evidence that proves the case after the fact can't be true... you aren't going to learn the truth either. 
[/QUOTE]No. There will only be, perhaps, a few key people that will ever be 100% sure of the truth. I'm not saying that everything that is written in history books regarding war is a lie, but it will certainly favour the person/people who wrote it.
Case in point: IF (and that's a big IF) after this conflict, no WoMD are found in Iraq, it's going to make the coalition look rather bad, if not criminals themselves. It would be in the best interests of the coalition to make sure that WoMD are found.