“Progress is a message that we send

One step closer to the future
One inch closer to the end”

In this episode and the next we examine how, under immense pressure, the world’s most powerful leader chose to rely on a single word to defend himself and a highly unpopular war. Punk music, the world’s second largest company, former presidents and homicide detectives provide the answer.


Could the world’s most active, most powerful image-makers be taking advice from a punk music group (Bad Religion)? Passing the four year mark in his undeclared war, the U.S. president and his team, all but declared the word “progress” to be his mantra.

Responding to complaints by critics, he has said:
“Since I announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq, we have made progress”
“We’re making great progress”
“We’ve made good progress”
“We are making steadfast progress”