If the President of the United States believes that the worldwide war against terrorism is the "central calling of our time," then why does he not have each and every of the most prominent members of his administration out selling his new strategy for Iraq every day? Why the almost non-follow-up to the speech of last week? Why is the president allowing his enemies to go unopposed on mainstream media with their criticism of the policy, and distract from and defeat his message?

The president must bring a full-fledged effort to the information war, and rebut the criticisms as well as vigorously argue his case for the surge of troops in Iraq, otherwise he risks defeating his own policy.