Living room war
by Andrew J. Bacevich
The American Conservative
On the one hand, according to Bush, the United States after 9/11 embarked upon a mighty endeavor, a life or death struggle against an implacable enemy. On the other hand, the president's actual policies suggested prevailing in that endeavor would not require anything remotely comparable to a mobilization of the nation's resources. Notwithstanding the throwaway line from his second inaugural summoning the nation's youth to 'make the choice to serve in a cause larger than your wants, larger than yourself,' President Bush clearly expects the nation to triumph even while serenely persisting in its comfortable peacetime routines. How are we to reconcile this apparent contradiction?" (for publication 03/14/05)
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_03_14/article.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
The American Conservative
On the one hand, according to Bush, the United States after 9/11 embarked upon a mighty endeavor, a life or death struggle against an implacable enemy. On the other hand, the president's actual policies suggested prevailing in that endeavor would not require anything remotely comparable to a mobilization of the nation's resources. Notwithstanding the throwaway line from his second inaugural summoning the nation's youth to 'make the choice to serve in a cause larger than your wants, larger than yourself,' President Bush clearly expects the nation to triumph even while serenely persisting in its comfortable peacetime routines. How are we to reconcile this apparent contradiction?" (for publication 03/14/05)
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_03_14/article.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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