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I couldn't agree more with your point 2. It's right on the money.

I'm not so sure about point one, though. Because of media censorship of any unpleasant actions taken by the terrorists, whoops, sorry, I mean "militants", most Americans remain blissfully ignorant. The only atrocity I keep hearing of happened at a prison in Iraq under our control.

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Because of media censorship of any unpleasant actions taken by the terrorists, whoops, sorry, I mean "militants", most Americans remain blissfully ignorant. The only atrocity I keep hearing of happened at a prison in Iraq under our control.

People may not be as ignorant as you might think. Even CNN and NY Times polls showed that only 30% of the American public wanted Rumsfeld to resign in the wake of the "atrocities" in the Iraqi prison. And I wonder if a sizeable number of those 30% want Rumsfeld to resign because the Iraqi prisoners aren't being treated harshly enough.

Even "blissfully ignorant" people seem to sense that this country is well-served by a Secretary of Defense who isn't a very nice guy.