Host Peter Coyote and selected guests examine the Bush Administration's "Iraq message", and its particular mix of rational and emotional arguments to rally the American people behind its buildup to war. Using video clips from recent speeches by George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft, the program focuses on the administration's media strategies which appeal directly to human emotions. Guests include Sam Keen - writer, philosopher; Abdul Aziz Said - Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution at American University; Norman Solomon - Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and Dana Priest - Washington Post reporter.

Host Peter Coyote and selected guests examine the Bush Administration's "Iraq message", and its particular mix of rational and emotional arguments to rally the American people behind its buildup to war. Using video clips from recent speeches by George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft, the program focuses on the administration's media strategies which appeal directly to human emotions. Guests include Sam Keen - writer, philosopher; Abdul Aziz Said - Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution at American University; Norman Solomon - Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and Dana Priest - Washington Post reporter.