The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Published July 6, 2005

If mere rhetoric could bridge the gulf of credibility, President George W. Bush might have turned the tide with his nationally televised speech on the evening of June 28. As usual, he strove to blur the distinction between the "war on terror" (which almost all Americans still see as necessary) and the war in Iraq (which they are finally turning against), and promised the viewers that all would end well if they only...