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To: Thomas M. who wrote (12086)	3/25/2003 12:25:06 PM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

LOL. In the context I'm familiar with, "support[ing] the troops" doesn't automatically or necessarily imply endorsing the mission(s) they've deployed to undertake. The sentiments are mutually exclusive. LPS5

To: Thomas M. who wrote (12086)	3/25/2003 4:45:56 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Oh so now a Gallop poll isn't acceptable to you? Could the reason be that you don't like the outcome?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (12086)	4/2/2003 11:45:56 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 17683

<<< ... about 50 per cent of the population now believes that Iraq was responsible for the attack on the World Trade Centre. This has happened since September 2002. In fact, after the September 11 attack, the figure was about 3 per cent. Government-media propaganda has managed to raise that to about 50 per cent. Now if people genuinely believe that Iraq has carried out major terrorist attacks against the United States and is planning to do so again, well, in that case people will support the war. This has happened, as I said, after September 2002. September 2002 is when the government-media campaign began and also when the mid-term election campaign began. The Bush Administration would have been smashed in the election if social and economic issues had been in the forefront, but it managed to suppress those issues in favour of security issues - and people huddle under the umbrella of power ... >>> zmag.org