I think the author misses a big point here. He says that "No war in modern history has been as badly sold to the public as this one." What he fails to take into account, however, is that no war effort, with the possible exception of Vietnam, has sustained so much internal sabotage (in the form of propaganda) in history. The Bush administration has probably made just as good a case for this war effort as has any president previous, but it is no longer enough to do just that in the face of all the internal anti-US sabotage being attempted by the US and international media. We are at war, not just with Islamic crazies, but with the Leftist forces in the West who would love to see them win.
Exactly. I go the the blogs of Iraqi citizens, and what they say is happening and what the media is telling us are two different things. Sometimes the Iraqi citizens are also upset at what the media is telling the world about them and their own country.
I agree with you partly. Before the war he made a "good case" because there was one - sanctions, Kurds, the Iraqi Liberation Act, years of air patrols, bombings, the whole joke about restarting inspections, on and on about the history.
Since then, the Bush engine has gone bust. It seems his pr people have decided just to call it the "war on terrorism" and not explain further. The Bush admin changed, and is being exploited without response.