Noun + Verb + 9/11 + Iran = Democrats’ Defeat?

Today Frank Rich's column addresses the Bush campaign strategy of using war rhetoric and probably bombs targetting Iran in order to paint the Democrats as wimps on national security -- and Hillary's role in same old same old script.

Frank Rich:

Whatever happens in or to Iran, the American public will be carpet-bombed by apocalyptic propaganda for the 12 months to come. Mr. Bush has nothing to lose by once again using the specter of war to pillory the Democrats as soft on national security. The question for the Democrats is whether they’ll walk once more into this trap.

There are signs that the steady invocation of new mushroom clouds is already having an impact as it did in 2002 and 2003. A Zogby poll last month found that a majority of Americans (52 percent) now supports a pre-emptive strike on Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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