Interesting article about how a war changes the psyche of the citizens of a country. Basically, people suddenly enter a “Mythic Reality” where their country is 100% correct and their enemies are 100% wrong. No critical thinking goes on and everything becomes completely black and white.

I completely agree with this, and further I think that Bushs handlers are entirely trying to take advantage of it. They’re trying to blind the entire country to Bushs disastrous policies “at home” by only ever mentioning their trigger word “terrorism.” The good side is it’s an opportunity for Kerry to show how dumb the Bushs are in that they’re making the same mistake again – not focusing on domestic issues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/07/opinion/07krugman.html