A report from the Program on International Policy Attitudes graphically illustrates how the support for President Bush regarding the war in Iraq is based largely on innaccurate information. Big surprise, considering much of Bush support is not rooted in anything close to reality.

Here's how the report begins:

Even after the final report of Charles Duelfer to Congress saying that Iraq did not have a significant WMD program, 72% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq had actual WMD (47%) or a major program for developing them (25%). Fifty-six percent assume that most experts believe Iraq had actual WMD and 57% also assume, incorrectly, that Duelfer concluded Iraq had at least a major WMD program. Kerry supporters hold opposite beliefs on all these points.

Possibly even more interesting is when asked if the United States should have gone to war with Iraq if US intelligence sources had agreed that Iraq was not making WMD or providing support to al Qaeda, 58% of Bush supporters said the US should not have, and 61% assume that in this case the President would not have. Therefore, the only way for them to continue to support the president is through a cloud of cognitive dissonance that shields them from having face difficult facts aka reality.

And you wonder why the country is so divided?

Read the entire report from the Program on International Policy Attitudes.