[Arrowhead1952]

sources as the New York Times, which can hardly be described as having been a cheerleader for the attack

I know several US troops who came back after 15 - 18 months in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and they were shocked at the negative reports they heard on the news. Almost all of them said something to the effect of: "That must be a different war than we were in the past few months".

[freema]

Ditto, Arrowhead.