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...year-old aunt in Britain, I get a little lecture on the evils of cluster bombs.) War is a last resort; those ready to use it quickly--or, worse, who appear to enjoy it--are not to be trusted. That's why Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, a folksy hero in the U.S., is considered a swaggeringly dangerous Rambo by many Europeans...
There are plenty of war heroes on the screen these days - Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, even Josh Hartnett is killing bad guys in a theater near you. The Gulf War brought you Norman Schwarzkopf, talking a good war for the news cameras; in this war your media hero is steely-eyed, clench-jawed Donald Rumsfeld...
...effort has required: Insistently realistic, never gloating, understated about victory and reassuringly honest about its inevitable costs. Throw in a touch of folksiness, some of the aw-shucks collar-tugging of an old artillery man blinking in the spotlight's white glare, and you have a fine war hero indeed. A real general, with real American soldiers on the ground under his command, - who realizes how fragile and precious a cargo that...
...fierce resistance being mounted by Mansoor's men has elevated him to an unlikely hero status among the Taliban and other anti-American elements in Afghanistan. A former Taliban diplomat told TIME that Mansoor was a pious and emotional man of limited education and vision, na?ve and easily misled. He doubted Mansoor's ability to lead so many men in battle against the U.S.-led coalition forces...
...Still, whether or not Mansoor is actually leading the battle, Taliban supporters throughout the region are lionizing him as its hero. A statement attributed to Mansoor has him preferring to die fighting rather than living a "shameful" life under "U.S. occupation." It's not even clear whether he made the statement, but there appears to be a substantial Taliban and al-Qaeda propaganda operation in eastern Afghanistan looking to stir up hostility to the U.S. and its allies. And that propaganda machinery is spinning Mansoor as a new Afghan icon...