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I don't know if the author is correct. I simply don't believe we are reliving the Vietnam days when protesters greeted our troops at the airports calling them "baby killers and spitting in their faces." Oh, to be sure there is that element and they are active. But, the American People by and large know that this is an all volunteer armed forces. The American People by and large admire these young men and women who volunteered, especially since most everyone knows someone who has made that bold choice.

What we do know for certain is this. The MSM is a world unto itself. They create their own reality with wish piece reporting that is based on their own wish piece reporting and their polls which by now have been systematically proved to be rigged. Its not a case of seeing a bad poll and crying "foul" or discounting it just because we don't like the results. We have seen the internals where democrats are oversampled by 5-10% and the questions are posed such that no other result than the desired one is possible.

I do believe that the American People are tiring of the War in Iraq. But, I believe they are tiring of not achieving victory. That is starkly different from what the MSM would have us believe, namely, that the American People are tired of U.S. policies, want our defeat and look dis-favorably upon our military. The American People are savvy enough to tell the difference between wanting a successful conclusion in Iraq and actively promoting the victory of our enemies. But, the polls never probe for this difference. Instead, the polls ask the simple question of whether one wants our troops out. Well, who the hell doesn't, but the REAL question is, under what conditions?

The author misses one more fundamental difference between today and Vietnam, and it is an important one. There is an alternative media that has a power of its own. The more biased and one sided the so called MSM is, the more fuel for the alternative or new media's fire. Whether it carries the day or not, the alternative perspective is being put forth and the MSM is being challenged.

I say, let the MSM overplay its hand and cast every brave man or woman wearing the uniform of their country as a tyrant or poor victim who had no choice but to become a tyrant. At the end of the day, I have faith that the result of this attack will not be an erosion of American will, but a further and continuing erosion of the so called "main stream" media's credibility.