Those citizens courageous enough to don "Support the Troops" ribbons on their cars, websites and otherwise must now realize that you cannot support our soldiers in the field if you support the president.
The president is determined to force a military solution in Iraq out of a far more complex situation because he has always looked at it strictly militarily. His faith-based view continues, unwavering, as it always has been; a reductionist one, simplifying everything down to black and white. This is the monolithic worldview that Ari Fleisher articulated as "You're either with us or you're against us", which we now understand to refer not only to nations but to everybody within his administration, Congress, and citizens.
Contradicting information and views are quickly dispatched - by outing undercover CIA agents (Valerie Plame), and more recently, by simply shuffling around military commanders until you find ones that will tell you what you want to hear.
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