[corlorde]

I see it changing little. What I see is, our wording of what we are doing, is changing. If the focus on the wording, like saying, "we are now committing more resources to hunting down terrorists in Iraq, and staying away from internal strife" is just a change of focus on the words, and doesn't really play on the ground. We are already standing back in most cases when it comes to internal strife. Unfortunately, the media's focus is the internal strife, and the three key plans doesn't address the media much. People are still focusing on what's going wrong. Real results though might be seen if we commit more to training Iraqi troops. That action, we can physically see. Joe sitting on his couch wants things he can physically see, and not spin on words. Most are not as savvy as the average Freeper, and doesn't understand political spin and empty suit pontifications.

[Steel Wolf]

Joe sitting on his couch wants things he can physically see, and not spin on words. Most are not as savvy as the average Freeper, and doesn't understand political spin and empty suit pontifications.

Your first part is entirely correct. Even if people don't understand exactly what they're seeing, they like seeing something. Americans are results oriented people, and they don't really care how you make the McNuggets, so long as you get it done.

As far as the second part, I think that's generally true, but over the last few years, people are catching on to the idea. They sense that a lot more tinkering with details is going on than major plan overhauls. They may not understand the specifics, but broadly speaking, they're starting to figure out that the Administration likes to tweak details more than make major turns.