It’s a well known children’s story, the shepherd boy, alone on the hill, wanting attention. They gave him instructions on what to do if a wolf threatened the flock of sheep he was tending. Call out they told him and they’ll come running. So bored and alone, the boy decided he would try it and called out, “wolf, wolf”.
According to the report, which was required by Congress, progress has been "satisfactory" on eight of the benchmarks, "unsatisfactory" on another eight, and mixed on two. At his press conference his morning, President Bush, seeing the glass half full, pronounced the report "a cause for optimism"—and for staying on course. ... The Slate
The results of that report were unsatisfactory to many in Congress and in the Senate, thus began a week discussing how best to shift the tides in the war in Iraq. Today, the Democrat majority Congress will attempt to press debates on the Iraq war, taking the debate into the night, if necessary to discuss the Levin-Reed bill for troop redeployment.
The round-the-clock debate Tuesday night through Wednesday morning was intended as a way of pressuring Republican senators as well as Bush to act sooner rather than later on a change of course in Iraq .... Yahoo
Given the situation in Congress and the growing discontent against the war in Iraq, is it any surprise that we’ve seen the following being reported in the MSM?
By KATHERINE SHRADER and ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON - The United States will face a "persistent and evolving" terrorist threat in the next three years, as al-Qaida bolsters its efforts to plant terror plotters in the country and other related activities, according to a new National Intelligence Estimate to be made public Tuesday.
During his campaign for re-election in 2004, George W. Bush utilized a message of fear stating that he was the best candidate to protect this country from the wolves that lurked at our doors. This would not be the last time that the administration used this type of tactic to either gain support for or divert attention from an issue. Indeed, since the inception of the Department of Homeland Security and their color coding system, we’ve rarely been under anything other then a yellow alert, stating one reason or another – to include Michael Chernoff’s “gut feeling”.
Now, as our legislature prepares to debate Iraq. Now as the discontent with the war grows even more, once again we hear the cry from our administration of wolf, wolf. Perhaps our First Lady needs to schedule a reading circle time for the President and those in his administration and go over the story of the “Boy Who Cried Wolf”.
Crossposted at On the Home Front
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