Political games
Well, why do you think there is so much partisanship?
Bush took us into an expensive war on "faulty intelligence".
He lied to us. He USED the faulty intelligence to further the interests of those that signed onto the PNAC (Project for the New American Century).
Oh, it's a project allright; and the boys obviously didn't do their homework too well; turns out to be an expensive pipe dream.
Trust isn't built on lies.
So don't go blaming the "people". There's only one person and his syncophants to blame for the derision in this country. Our CIC.