The Bush Administration Plays Rope-A-Dope With the American Public

The LA Times poll published 6/20 provided a bizarre mixture of numbers. 53% said the situation in Iraq was not worth going to war over; 61% said we’re getting bogged down; Yet 52% think the U.S. is winning the war; Furthermore, only 21% believe that the Iraq war is giving the U.S. a positive reputation worldwide.

This confusing mixture of statistics -- the belief that we are winning it AND bogged down in it -- indicate that most people don’t really know why we are there. That is a testament to two things: The administration’s inability to think this thing through, and their skill at so confusing much of the electorate that they can’t even tell whether we are winning or losing.