THE AMERICAN president’s tone was harsh, and the cause was not hard to identify. A war meant to last a few days had just passed the six-week mark.

Addressing American troops, the president told them they were battling an “evil” foe whose “mad schemes” must be defeated.

Though regime leaders are proving stubborn, “we are hitting them hard where it hurts,” he said.

The president added a blast of cultural chauvinism. America’s armed forces can do things that “no one else can”, he told assembled soldiers.

You are in action far from home, to help remake a region that has never been united in peace.

As you fight, you should “thank God” that you come from a society whose unity makes it strong

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