"... Military victory begets political strength. Mr. Bush has carried the country with him, and most of the second-guessers among Washington's policy experts are keeping their voices down these days. Many Americans, including many influential in the artistic and academic worlds, continue to denounce the president's policies, and an antiwar demonstration in Oakland, Calif., on Monday turned nasty when the police opened fire with rubber bullets.
"But the antiwar forces, who have had to contend from the start with the widespread belief that their position is unpatriotic and unsupportive of American troops engaged in deadly combat, must now bear the additional burden of arguing with success. American losses are relatively small: 96 dead to date, compared with 200 a day at the height of the Vietnam War. ..."
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/09/international/worldspecial/09BUSH.html>
Carl
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