I've been watching a bit more TV lately, due to that spawn of Satan, the TiVo. I've noticed some suble changes lately in TV's attitude towards the world. Maybe it's acceptance that Bush did in fact win, or a calculated tilt towards the beliefs of Middle America, but I see increasing evidence that someone has got the idea that we're in a war that we need to win.
Examples are anecdotal, perhaps, but one stands out for me: "24".
In the first three seasons, the bad guys were, variously, Serbian thugs, American traitors, venal oilmen trying to start a "war for oil" against innocent Arab states, Mexican drug lords and a disaffected secret agent out to expose America's sins.
This season? Are you sitting down? It seems that Islamic radicals want to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian US targets! Not only that, but the US is justified in using nearly any tactic to defeat them, because, well, we're the good guys, and thet're not! Even the Secretary of Defense is cool and packs a mean AK! To top it off, last night's show was dedicated to a pilot who died in Iraq, and to all those that serve.
Of course, there's still about 18 hours to go, so it could still be evil capitalist job exporters behind it all, hoping to drive up the price of gold....