Expecting liberals to support a War on Terror is an unrealistic expectation.
* Past “Wars” have been dismal failures. The War on Poverty has resulted in higher poverty, lower numbers of married couples raising their children together, and left our society with the spectacle of the “Super Dome 20,0000”, who are Lyndon Johnson’s spiritual grand-children; unable to do for themselves, and waiting for the Man to come take care of them. The War on Drugs has also failed in its stated goals, and remains an excuse for expanded government spending and use of paramilitary tactics by local police departments. (Do you remember seeing Jimmy Cagney being told to kneel or lay down and put his hands behind his head in a movie? That came with the War on Drugs.)
*Osama Bin Laden killed 3.000 people on 9/11, which is just about another day in the office compared to the number of abortions in this country. As a result, liberals think there is no justification for this war.
*A War on Terror diverts money and effort and attention from the ultimate liberal goal of big government, which is domestic spending devoted to controlling every aspect of a private citizen’s life, turning Americans into Stepford Wives.
*The War on Terror is the only thing liberals have to talk about. It’s better than having ideas that people like to hear about, let alone put in place.
*And, finally, Harry Truman had to make a terrible decision in 1945. He decided to use WMD rather than invade Japan, because he and his advisors believed that the loss of life would be less than the losses expected in an invasion.
And because that use was so fresh in everybody’s mind, there was no use of atomic or nuclear weapons during the Cold War, despite all the speculation about the use of limited tactical weapons of this nature.
But, it has been 60+ years; two generations; ago, and people have had time to forget how terrible the results would be. If a weapon like this actually went off, maybe liberals would change their views, but nothing short of that will make a difference in their thinking.
I think we have to realize that control of the agenda in the media is not important, it can be everything!
For example,when the msm constantly ignores the fact the illegals crossing the Mexicon border are involved in killing far more Americans than will ever die in Iraq we should realize who has control of the agenda and do our best to counter it as we often do.
We have to constantly expose their half truths, omissions and the rest for what it is, msm/dnc control of the agenda.
I forgot to include you in my post #73.