[enrg]

Joe sixpack really wants to nuke Mecca. Or at least take over the oil fields and allow the house of Saud to return to their camel humping heritage.

I'll assume Joe sixpack sits on the right side of the fence. What if there was Jason pre-mixed-can wanting diplomacy instead (left side)?. Who do you appease?

GWB may think he needs to sway us to his way of thinking but the reality is that we are way ahead of him wondering why he is so god damned slow.

He does not need to sway the right, but he does need to sway the left and those who want action but can't decide what the action should be. He also needs to keep the people interested in this age of 2 second attention spans.

However I fail, as did the author, to make the connection seemingly impplied of some government agency or figure and our going to war with the Islamists of the ME.

By connection I assume you mean in terms of propaganda. So, correct me if i'm wrong, but don't you answer this question (?) with this statement:::::::: "GWB may think he needs to sway us to his way of thinking.....". Is this where the propaganda bit comes in?

[mercy]

I think you fail, as does GWB, to understand the situation. The true left is at most 20% of our population. Eff em! Joe Sixpack may be a third generation union man who votes democratic and can pull the left lever in his sleep but he wants to nuke Mecca and waste sadam as much as I do. Maybe more.

There IS no shadowy gubmint propaganda organ churning out manufactured public opinion on this one. You don't believe me? .... Conduct your own poll. Ask everybody you meet what we should do about terrorists. You'll see.