Are we really supposed to buy this? Are we supposed to believe that an unmanned drone has killed some al-qa’ida leader, whose name we have never before heard, and not think it’s some cynical attempt by bush to boost enthusiasm for the war on terror? Are we supposed to believe them, despite having no way to confirm their reports? Are we really supposed to ignore the coincidence, the fact that the people telling us such things are unlikely to have any means of confirming what they are saying, or that what they are telling us has more than a whiff of propaganda to it? And are we still supposed to believe that we are not being manipulated?

They’re treating us like idiots.