Oceanview - You mean well but you are way to driven over concerns regarding polls - (they are meaningless at the current time and will be until late summer 2006 )
As for the Administration and will it do a good job of explaining things - (I hear ya) - They have continually done a poor job over the past 8 months with regard to telling of our successes.
Iraq is getting safer by the day - That is a fact - The World is better off because of our forces in Iraq - That is a fact -
And when presented clearly to the American public the majority of the public understand this - Stop worrying about how the Dem's or the MSM will spin things - They are both dying a slow death - They are losers who haven't won a major election since 1998 -
The MSM becomes more irrelevant by the minute (that is a fact).
Oceanview may well be right. Read:
http://billroggio.com/
on meet the press yesterday, tom friedman from the NYT was on. now I know, he's a liberal. but he made some sanguine comments about this iraq situation - especially in response to Maureen Dowd who was basically saying "we lost". Friedman says that with respect to the political aspect of this, there is one more "cycle" left, one more chance to turn this politically for the administration. I agree with him, and the left is going to spin any troop reductions as a result of a shift as "cut and run".
I put in funny posts sometimes because it is an alleviation of the horrors of this war and fear of terrorism. It's black humor that all close knit groups have. It's a way to deal with the realities that our troops are doing a great job, but we hurt when they get hurt and there is always that tension till they all come home.
I agree that our troops are doing FANTASTIC under the most difficult circumstances. What I am very upset about and have been throughout this war is the absolutely lousy, horrible PR that the adminsitration has with telling the American people how well we are doing!
Laura Ingram had an expert on the Iraqi situation and he had an excellant suggestion. The adminsitration should have a lead guy for the administration ( that is not a representative from the Pentagon ) to be on the ground in Iraq and give DAILY or at least every other day reports on how well our troops are doing.
Great post! Thank you!