IP: READ IT Why the world needs America to cheer up: From the London times

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,258-2001371237,00.html

 ANATOLE KALETSKY Is America winning the war against terrorism? This 
question is impossible to answer with regard to the situation in 
Afghanistan — at least from thousands of miles away with no knowledge of 
the military plans whose details allied leaders are understandably keeping 
secret. On the home front, however, the answer is quite clear. To judge by 
the atmosphere on the streets and around the dinner tables of New York, the 
US war effort seems to be in serious trouble.

In saying this I do not imply that support for the anti-terrorist campaign 
or for President Bush is flagging. On the contrary, Mr Bush is universally 
popular, even among hard-core Democrats. New York’s cars and taxis are 
festooned with American flags. Shops display defiant slogans in their 
windows. A walk through Manhattan has become a tragic pilgrimage between 
makeshift shrines for dead friends and heart-rending prayers from children 
for their missing parents. But there was nothing mawkish or self-pitying 
about the unusual solemnity that struck me, wherever I went in New York.
Neither does
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