04-23-2003, 10:04 PM
Risk taking. Any decision involves risk.
The great majority of commentators, including myself, have a less than full frontal view of all of the factors involved in the decision. Now, multiply that limitation with the decisions on what rhetoric to use to support the decision, from an administration's view, and the synergy creates a very incomplete picture.
Trouble is, that picture is what is now stuck in the minds of a great many of the pundits, both pro and con: I personally got sick and tired of the Osama-Iraq linkage I kept hearing about from some Fox news personalities.
So, having sold the 'final straw' WMD issue, rather than the Cease Fire Breach, which was the baseline legal justification, the admninistration is stuck with having to deal with their own rhetoric being tossed back at them by all and sundry.
That is one of the risks of ANY PR campaign: so, you have to choose your words with a great deal of care.
The one critique of this administration that seems to stick is that they will not be getting an A in eloquence when the 2004 report card gets written. Whether that is the 'tipping point' in who does or does not stay in power remains to be seen.
The great majority of commentators, including myself, have a less than full frontal view of all of the factors involved in the decision. Now, multiply that limitation with the decisions on what rhetoric to use to support the decision, from an administration's view, and the synergy creates a very incomplete picture.
Trouble is, that picture is what is now stuck in the minds of a great many of the pundits, both pro and con: I personally got sick and tired of the Osama-Iraq linkage I kept hearing about from some Fox news personalities.
So, having sold the 'final straw' WMD issue, rather than the Cease Fire Breach, which was the baseline legal justification, the admninistration is stuck with having to deal with their own rhetoric being tossed back at them by all and sundry.
That is one of the risks of ANY PR campaign: so, you have to choose your words with a great deal of care.
The one critique of this administration that seems to stick is that they will not be getting an A in eloquence when the 2004 report card gets written. Whether that is the 'tipping point' in who does or does not stay in power remains to be seen.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete