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ronintetsuro  ·  4129 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is it that you understand to be Conspiracy?

Nope, this is what I was asking for. Remember, no wrong answers.

Yes, WMD will turn out to be one of the central conspiracies of the 2000's. Our government expected them to exist because we were the ones that sold them to Saddam, and he was known to have used them (allegedly) in his quest for control.

What we didn't bank on was not being able to find them and the war effort reliably floundered from there.

I hear you about becoming consumed. It's a big black hole that you can fall down, and then realize that it's affecting your real life.