Now that the vote is finished, the media will no doubt bombard with messages echoing Daschle's myopic observation, and assuring the American population the vote for war was their "free and own decision."
PSYOP quote: "Always be prepared with simple slogans in order to explain to the people, whether in intentional form or by chance, the reason for the weapons." Reasons such as: "The weapons will be for winning freedom; they are for you," or "Our weapons are, in truth, the weapons of the people, yours."
The Bush administration proposes to increase its annual military budget by $120 billion (over one third) by 2007, which would bring the total annual budget to $451 billion; this while the economy crumbles and social services get left behind. The justification?
George W. Bush
"Nothing is more important than the national security of our country. So nothing is more important than our defense budget. The price for freedom is high, but it's never too high as far as I'm concerned."
Donald Rumsfeld
"The defense budget is cheap when one compares it to putting our security at risk, our lives at risk, our country at risk, our freedom at risk."
PSYOP quote: "Always be prepared with simple slogans in order to explain to the people, whether in intentional form or by chance, the reason for the weapons." Reasons such as: "The weapons will be for winning freedom; they are for you," or "Our weapons are, in truth, the weapons of the people, yours."
The Bush administration proposes to increase its annual military budget by $120 billion (over one third) by 2007, which would bring the total annual budget to $451 billion; this while the economy crumbles and social services get left behind. The justification?
George W. Bush
"Nothing is more important than the national security of our country. So nothing is more important than our defense budget. The price for freedom is high, but it's never too high as far as I'm concerned."
Donald Rumsfeld
"The defense budget is cheap when one compares it to putting our security at risk, our lives at risk, our country at risk, our freedom at risk."