Don't Confuse Me With The Facts, My Mind Is Made Up

Here's the post I've been wanting to write all my life, but because of the lack of time, skill, ability, and seriousness I haven't been able to: Partisan Views Interfere with Rational Thinking.

You have to let your thinking be influenced by the best evidence you can find. Unfortunately, most people are unaccustomed to that way of thinking. Because of that, some liberals refuse to let go of the idea that Bush lied about Saddam's WMDs in the run up to the invasion, and some conservatives refuse to let go of the idea that Saddam really did have WMDs. You need to let go of both ideas. It is a truly liberating experience to let the evidence guide your thinking, and I encourage you to give it a try.

It builds from there, to lay bare the central conundrum of the invasion of Iraq - who lied. The conclusion shouldn't surprise you, but for some it will.