The war against the terrorists is a war for public perception. It is not a conventional war where the the terrorists are executing a military plan to take and control strategic positions. It is not a war the terrorists can win if the international news media decided one day to stop broadcasting their propaganda.
The victory on the war on terror will be won in the board rooms of every news media outlet in the world. Until then, the military will continue to strive for a conventional victory against an unconventional enemy, and such a victory will only come slowly by way of attrition. But the loss of life and the tragedies of war would be shortened if only the news media would get behind us, and stop providing the enemy with free propaganda.
Amen, brother. AQ and MSM are trying hard to run the VN playbook but they don't have enough support in Iraq to make it work.
If the dirtbags were going to do a "Tet" one would think the best time for that is now, the runup to the constitution vote (if not before now). It seems they already are going max effort every day, rather than saving their effort for some kind of a Tet that they would dream would result in someone like Mother Sheehan dictating our foreign policy.