Burchill: WMD spin shows what leaders will do to take people to war: "Like lawyers, Bush, Blair and Howard have highlighted material that suits their case. Like the Gulf of Tonkin lie in 1964 and the baby incubator fabrication in 1990, the weapons of mass destruction fiasco is a reminder of the lengths Western governments will go to in order to incite their populations to war."

Burchill: WMD spin shows what leaders will do to take people to war: "Like lawyers, Bush, Blair and Howard have highlighted material that suits their case. Like the Gulf of Tonkin lie in 1964 and the baby incubator fabrication in 1990, the weapons of mass destruction fiasco is a reminder of the lengths Western governments will go to in order to incite their populations to war."