This seems to me to have rather a political bent (please humour mr): rest assured they're weighing words in sympathetic ink, and they don't waste their time suspending disbelief. they face the facts with thinking caps they map out and display, but that's not the only way.
"sympathetic ink is statements from the white house spokesman, for example; "disbelief" may refer to the public (faith in W. Bush's war) and not wasting time suspending it refers to getting to action before we can take it all in for consideration, and the next part refers to planning (mapping) out a war; "charities and remedies, almost as much as modesty" refers to the U.S "generosity", and haughtiness; "take the bait", speaking to the American public? Does any of this make sense, or am I way off? Could it be (also) about media as a mouthpiece?
This seems to me to have rather a political bent (please humour mr): rest assured they're weighing words in sympathetic ink, and they don't waste their time suspending disbelief. they face the facts with thinking caps they map out and display, but that's not the only way. "sympathetic ink is statements from the white house spokesman, for example; "disbelief" may refer to the public (faith in W. Bush's war) and not wasting time suspending it refers to getting to action before we can take it all in for consideration, and the next part refers to planning (mapping) out a war; "charities and remedies, almost as much as modesty" refers to the U.S "generosity", and haughtiness; "take the bait", speaking to the American public? Does any of this make sense, or am I way off? Could it be (also) about media as a mouthpiece?