If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.
That seems to be the lesson learned from the Sept. 11, 2001, commission's announcement that there was never a link between the al-Qaida attacks and the Iraqi government, according to CNN.
Colin Powell, secretary of state, said in February 2003 that Iraq was harboring an al-Qaida lieutenant and that Iraq and al-Qaida had connections, CNN said.
The Bush administration used the apparent Iraq/al-Qaida connection as one of the reasons to go to war with Iraq.
Yet now the country finds out from a bi-partisan committee there never was a connection.
When the Bush administration first started talking about going to war with Iraq, many Americans were quick to believe what the administration said. According to a poll by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, 60 percent of Americans either believed there was clear evidence of a connection between then-Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida or two other misperceptions about the Iraqi war.
The public should not have believed the administration without any questioning. The United States has created an enviroment that encourages citizens to always question what they are told, whether it's about war, taxes or public health.
The government doesn't always lie. Most of what it says is probably true. However, the government makes mistakes. It is everyone's responsiblity to make sure they check and double-check what they are told.
Especially when there are lives at stake.
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