Now the whole war effort is being undermined by a replay of the elite media/anti-war campaign which condemned Southeast Asia to a holocaust, and the White House is flat-footed. Even the most able press secretary in a generation cannot be everywhere. Snow needs every Administration official to be part of the effort to persuade the country, and not just to show up, but to be smart on the details and the threat. When cabinet officials make appearances, they cannot be tired of their own points. Worn down or out? Then quit. Still committed to the idea that the Administration is engaged in defending the country? Then get the details right and communicate them.
Why do nine brigades matter?
What about Sadr?
What are the consequences of retreat?
Even with Tony Snow on board these people have been totally inept at the information war.
Either that, or they have intentionally done such a lousy job. It's almost to the point of saying that no one could have done so poorly without concerted, determined negligence every step of the way.
It does seem like that to me. Like this article says, the failure to take on the media and the total incompetence of delivering the conservative message, obvious right from the start (01), and with the bully pupit for 6 years seems almost too naive to be unintended. To the point of there being furtive agenda.
How tax cuts have the economy revived through private enterprise.
How unemployment is lower than it ever was under Clinton.
How oil-for-food and Saddam himself were imminent threats to civilized world commerce.
How Iraq could be the centerpiece of a free enterprise economy in the medieval middle east.
How Syria and Iran desperately do not want this to happen.
How American energy independence is encouraged through private and competitive innovation, seeded but not manipulated through government intervention.
etc. etc.
Could it be that the Bush administration is a front for the CFR?