god under certain circumstances

i was just watching the colbert report with thomas ricks.
this fellow was talking about how cheney gave a speech discussing iraq's WMDs,
that "there is no doubt..." iraq had WMDs, and of course,
there were none (some say they were,
but they were moved; this is stupid as the question becomes
where are they and who let them get away--diversion--but applies even more strongly to my worry).

ricks goes on to discuss how this and the war's blunders have left americans with a
strong distaste for war and mistrust in the government's information that even if a
credible threat from say, Iran, were presented, we would not be responsive...

why does this raise the hairs down my back?
strange resemblance to a story about a boy and a wolf...
and we're on the wrong end of that equation...

what if we let em eat him, haha