Zonkie you are probably correct of course.
But if we put up with Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter's accents we should be able to cope with "tare" just as well. I could care less about his pronunciation.
But somebody in this government has got to start waging the propaganda battle. Somebody has got to paint a picture of these Islamist terrorists that's so bad, people would be ashamed to say they don't support going after them. If he can't do it verbally, he needs to start using audio-visuals. Somebody has got to show some indignation and anger.
War is a nasty business. If people don't "feel" good about supporting it they won't. I get the feeling that we're relying on another WTC, a full blown Shiia uprising, or an attack from Iran, to justify continuing it.
I can understand not telling people your detailed plans and expectations, but tell them why you won't do it. You just can't keep repeating "If I'd known that there was going to be blah, blah, blah..." The WTC is history.
We need to know why our troops and Iraqi kids have to die today. During WWII they paid John Huston to produce a propaganda piece called "Why We Fight." If that kind of effort was a good idea then, its absolutely necessary now. Don't just tell us that most Iraqi's want us to stay. Put one of them on tape and let them speak for themselves. If this is war the government needs to act like it.
I can't conceive of fighting a war for the next 20 years while you have 24/7 politically oriented "talk" shows debating its merits and every event along the way without the government making every effort to color that debate.
According to everyone who's showed up for the 911 dog and pony show, "the war" started in September 2001. It's now 2004 and we are still debating whether or not we should be fighting it. That may not be psychopathic, but it definitely indicates a loss of cognitive function.
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