tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738166776419845653.post2538923048335712945..comments2023-10-28T04:37:54.536-07:00Comments on Oldest 14 Year Old: Fight disinformation (peace, bro)kimalanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10495165893917683989noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738166776419845653.post-26778320500767465482007-07-17T12:05:00.000-07:002007-07-17T12:05:00.000-07:00Hmm. The gist of it for me is it's pretty obvious...Hmm. The gist of it for me is it's pretty obvious that the general public in the United States was behind the prosecution of the World War and is very much against the prosecution of the war in Iraq and opinion polls have nothing to do with the genesis of public opinion in either case. Suggesting differently is disingenuous or ignorant. Either is bad in a President trying to get the public to support a war....<BR/><BR/>Kimkimalanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10495165893917683989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738166776419845653.post-71363475058463551582007-07-17T11:49:00.000-07:002007-07-17T11:49:00.000-07:00Well, I'm not certain I would go so far as to appe...Well, I'm not certain I would go so far as to append the term "truth" to a discussion of this subject (irrespective of whether one is talking about the 1940's or the current decade). <BR/><BR/>Also, while I can't completely disagree with the points you make, it's worth pointing out that American society in the 1940's had a lot of very different points of view and levels of sensibility when contrasted with present American society. Information provided then, accurate or not, would likely draw a very different reaction from today's American public than it did then. And that is even if one assumes all other things equal (which is rarely accurate). <BR/><BR/>That point does, of course, agree with your point that our President's attempt to "correlate" present and past American sentiments is not at all valid. But it also equally questions the validity of any conclusion regarding how much the past opinion poll results might resemble present ones given the same world events.<BR/><BR/>FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com