Did we learn our lesson?

After the Iraq War, it would be nice to think that we'd learned some lessons about taking the Bush administration's view of the world at face value.

Obviously I don't know the full extent of the credit crisis gripping America, but if I were a member of Congress and told that we faced an "imminent danger" and had to essentially give the president a blank check to resolve the problem, I would be plenty wary.

It's not clear if anyone in Washington is, however.