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Originally Posted by Shek
Thus, for the vast majority of Americans, I find it hard to believe that they are really exhausted about OIF. Over the war bond drives that haven't occured? Over the increase in taxes that haven't occured? Over the food rationing that hasn't occured?
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On the subject of war bonds and national drives in support of the cause, why haven't these kinds of things happened?
I mean, don't you think Americans would rally around campaigns like "War bonds for armored humvees" or "Food for troops?" -Something along those lines?
I have to think the climate in America after 9/11, and up through the Iraq invasion was something like it was during WWII when FDR and Truman rallied the American people into fuller support by doing the kinds of things stated above.
Ever see the David Letterman bit called "Great moments in presidential speeches?" Why haven't we seen any of that with Iraq? Could it be that even Bush doesn't have the gall to approach Americans and ask for help with a war like this? Could it be that he wasn't confident enough in the justness of the cause, and its relation to 9/11 to confront the American people as FDR, Truman, and even LBJ and Kennedy did before him?
(I'm just thinking out loud here. And I see where you're coming from, but in terms of reducing the costs of declining public support, I think the kind of mass campaigns I'm talking about would do well to galvanize the citizenry around the cause. So the absence of such campaigns from OIF is a bit of a quandary, methinks.)