Understood. As you said GWB has been totally consistent (in his speeches, which I read on the net). A long, difficult, and almost certainly a multi-generational effort.

However, the Bush administration has not done an adequate communications job on Iraq nor on the GWOT. I don’t mean spin, I mean simply getting the facts in front of the media every week. I think the attitude comes from GW Bush himself - he resists dealing with the news cycle on a real-time basis (sort of the anti-Clinton in this area).

Even if the big media were neutral to supportive of the Bush policy there would still be a problem. The US administration cannot expect the average US citizen, much less the EU citizen, to read the daily Pentagon briefings.

The hysteria over “prisoner abuse” is an excellent example of poor communications. I have a large backlog of material I’m trying to get posted to put that issue in better perspective. E.g., see What is really going on at GITMO, and Gitmo patriots deserve our respect. And for sure Sanctuary!

This is the time when the job is half-done, and fools and infants should look the other way, as they can’t comprehend the process.