Rewriting History

Rewriting history is near and dear to my heart, given that really all history is rewritten history. Show me a topic that hasn't had at least a few 180-degree rewrites, and I'll show you something that ten grad students will be working on next year. "Rewriting history" as a nefarious activity by evildrrrs has lately cropped up again thanks to Dear Leader's denunciation of those who are - three years too late, but still - criticizing the Administration's rationale for the Iraq War. The best counter to this nonsense from the Brushcutter in Chief and his coterie of chickenhawks is this Times editorial:

The president and his top advisers may very well have sincerely believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. But they did not allow the American people, or even Congress, to have the information necessary to make reasoned judgments of their own. It's obvious that the Bush administration misled Americans about Mr. Hussein's weapons and his terrorist connections. We need to know how that happened and why.
Mr. Bush said last Friday that he welcomed debate, even in a time of war, but that "it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began." We agree, but it is Mr. Bush and his team who are rewriting history.