(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
Control
[Watch this space for: Pentagon and Petroleum, The Media is only as Liberal as the Corporations Who Own Them, Wash Down With, and Recalcify]
It's causing some rather lively debate over on MetaFilter.
"This is the ceremonial, eleventh hour release of a gaudy red herring. This is unintended consequence become anthem. This is duplicity on steroids.
"Everyone is supposed to yell "Freeborn!" and start swinging a sword?
"I do love a good diversion, but does anyone really believe that, without the WTC backdrop, WMD props, and a terrorist score, the Bush administration could have sold any tickets to The War To Liberate Our Iraqi Brethren? Does anyone really think they would've even tried?
'Please. Much of this war's support rests on the naive belief that there is a mysterious-but-valuable ulterior motive driving it - no one knows exactly what that motive is, but no one seriously believes it is selfless dedication to human rights. A right-thinking hawk would realize that, and not seek to disturb the precarious status quo." - A MetaFilter poster posted by Emmanuel4:39 PM
The Watchers
WBW: Keeping track of the war exhortations of the warbloggers.