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The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism, said Powell, who served under Bush and is a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk.
When he announced last week that he would be transferring 14 alleged al-Qaida terrorists from secret prisons and that the “tough” methods employed by the CIA had pried loose valuable intelligence from the suspects,” President Bush also unveiled a bill to set up military tribunals to try the prisoners. This bill is more than meets the eye.
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Olbermann: “More over, Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seek–a fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety.”
Bush, Rummy and the F-Word
First Rumsfeld, then Bush blather publicly linking World War II — a war considered by almost everyone to be fully justified and beyond reproach — with the unfolding disaster in Iraq. And then they impune the patriotism of people who are critical of both the war and the current administration’s execution of it. Finally they have the nerve to suggest — via linkage and association — that media coverage critical of the war, the current administration, or both is part of a coordinated public information offensive by the enemy.
This is going to be the rhetorical ugly-stick the Republican strategists are going to beat us with in the run-up to the mid-term elections in November. Whew. Just how stupid do they think we are? Are they right?
Proximity plays a large role in persuasion. Mention two things together in the same sentence often enough, and people will perceive a relationship between them, whether one actually exists or not.
For further insight, I recommend Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Read it. The Bush strategists certainly have. It’s very enlightening.
“So the guys who started this business all cheated somebody to get there, and now they’re being cheated, perhaps, by all these crazy, geeky people all over the internet. I must say, my anguish level is not great.”
Richard Dreyfus
I couldn’t agree more with Richard Dreyfus. “A human-centric, socially-accountable media ecosystem, built around great art, music, storytelling and ideas.” Hmmm. Now that sounds like a much better idea . . .