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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2001

"[B]eyond the evident fact of a huge mobilisation of firepower, Western publics have been as uncertain as any Taleban militiaman about what their troops were to attempt. Information, the lifeblood of democracy, has of necessity been sparse. The politicians’ difficult task has been to prepare their citizens without disclosing what action was being prepared, to hone the rhetoric of readiness without creating unrealistic expectations . . .

The need for that balancing act continues . . ."

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Editorial: Political clarity makes wars unpredictability bearable (The London Times 10/8)