Originally posted by Dusty
I love the way Bush (or I should say he speech writers, he isn't ad-libbing on the TV) speaks in vague, emotional abstractions, it makes war propaganda so much easier to swallow.
Four jet airliners were hijacked, all crashed with everyone aboard. In the end a few large office buildings and a portion of the Pentagon were destroyed with a large but, let's face it, not that catastrophic of a death count (we've had worse, not due to terrorism, but a death is a death no matter the means). That's what has happened.
Bush is simple and right to the point. Clinton was the BSer and he spoke in words that I don't even understand.
You are right. Let me speak in simple sentences for the pacficists here:
6,000 People dead. Possibly more. 4 Airliner jets destroyed. Pentagon damaged. WTC destroyed. Possibly $150 Billion in damage. More in insurance damages. Action will be taken. Military action.