Ancient history sometimes provides guidance for us. Consider
that way back in late 2002 and early 2003, the political class,
reinforced by the punditry, hyped the threat of Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction (WMDs). These groups used weapons of mass
deception -- newspapers, talk radio and television 'news'
programs -- to build support for an unwarranted and illegal
attack on Iraq over non-existent WMDs.  A few brave politicians,
reporters and peace activists challenged the misrepresentations,
but their voices were mostly missing from the media. For
example, MSNBC dropped Phil Donahue's successful television
program because he had true patriots on who clearly refuted the
administration's case for a war of aggression on Iraq.  Robert
Jackson, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S.
prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials of Nazis addressed wars of
aggression when he said: "To initiate a war of aggression,
therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme
international crime..." Justice Jackson