<"I guess you could call all of this a scare campaign, but I think what they're also trying to do is raise the level of interest back up," said Jay Farrar, a military and political analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. "Roosevelt had to do the same thing within six months of the Pearl Harbor attack."

Like Roosevelt and other presidents, Bush is not immune to political pressures in wartime.

"He's keenly aware of how his father lost momentum after the Persian Gulf War so I'm sure he's attuned to how to keep this war alive, both for practical and political reasons," said Farrar, a former Marine colonel.



This is probably an honest analyis by Farrar, but these words are going to come back to haunt him when the Bush's opponents run with this theme and quote him. Notice the headline on the AP article, and how the "scaring" theme is taken through the article. Look for the words "scare campaign" to show up as the new media buzz words during this budget fight and election.