So, in other words, the Obama administration thinks that whole world is stupid enough to think its different becasue we gave it a different, more PC name?
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because the Bush administration blew it, and ruined the "brand". > > The "war on terrorism" is mocked by the American public. It is not taken > seriously. It is not respected by other countries (even those in the middle > of it). > > But, the IDEAS of it are respected, understood, agreed to. > > And the seriousness of the need for continued support is vital to our > national survival. > > The Obama administration has a choice. Rehabilitate the label, spending > political capitol to resurrect the name, or changing the name and trying to > build it's meaning from scratch. > > If we had a Chesty Puller, or Admiral Nimitz, or George Patton, or even a > Colin Powell to ram the perception change into success, option A might be > workable. But we don't. The most respected military man in the public mind > at the moment is Shinseki, because he bucked and lost for it. And he is > busy > trying to fix the shambles that is the VA administration. > > So, for any chance of success in the MISSION, a name change, focus change, > and yes, PR campaign is needed. Because YOU need the American people > pulling > with you. And WE need other countries to be pulling some weight, too. Even > though no country will agree with ALL of our battles, if each will pull on > at least one, we are way better off. > > > > > > > 2009/3/25 Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> > > > > > So again, why change the name? > > > > G Money wrote: > > > That's a wonderful, if unintentional, illustration of how changing the > > name > > > has no appreciable affect on the outcome..... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
