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Most of those children were shot by Saddam's own secret police and Fedayeen in order to create propaganda against America. But the parents are screaming to high heaven that it was Saddam who did it, not America. So, no profit for the Left in focusing on those injured Iraqi kids.

You may be giving the American public at large too much credit. After the major military action is over and the news coming out of Iraq has become more routine America will revert to old habits.

Most Americans give the news very little attention. (That’s where the big media got the “If it bleeds it leads” philosophy.) If it doesn’t immediately grab their attention the greater public switches channels to ESPN or a Soap. Watching more than one hour of news a day (probably less) is totally out of the question.

If the major news media can get some poor little pathetic bandaged child and its mother on tape wailing, then by hook or crook blame it on the Allied military action, they will sway many against the occupation.

After the major military action is over and the news coming out of Iraq has become more routine America will revert to old habits.

Before 9/11, I would have agreed with you.

I think there has been a political sea-change in American opinion since 9/11, across the board. Even Democrats, mostly the Reagan Democrat union households, are being very supportive of Bush's efforts in foreign policy. It's pretty remarkable if you look at the last 50 years of history. But then, we've never been attacked like this on our own soil. Even Pearl Harbor was actually a military action even if it was a sneak attack.

So, it's not too hard to understand that America is ready to stomp out terrorists and all the terror states that support them. I'm not too sure the old Soviet-style pity-the-children propaganda is going to work too well in the new America.