"The question is, why is it coming out now?"

[Leopolds Ghost]

Comment by the CBS News Anchor in Washington DC, Sunday night,
re:
the latest Bin Laden tapes.

No shit.

If these guys are off the reservation, why aren't our guys
going for the jugular on Foley, Iraq, and everything else?

By going for the jugular I mean take no prisoners, adopt
the same rhetoric Jay Leno and local news anchors adopted
long ago, and refocus it.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. habit, lack of spine and fear.

They feel star-crossed, snake bitten and eventually became scared of their own shadows. The Terra, Terra, Terra drumbeat scared the bejesus out of them and they have lost track of what their duty - their SWORN duty involved.

[Leopolds Ghost]

2. At least some news anchors have discovered balls based on that OBL quote.

"The tide turning" depends entirely on dems and left-leaning independents to stop take crap from their right wing acquaintances and learning to do the same. Otherwise "the tide" will stay put.