in the media back home just like they did with VietNam....they back pedal, give wrong/bad advice regarding how the military should be waging/battling, make 'enemy aiding' comments publicly, and literally put pressure on the military by making sure the press is reminded nearly every day how bad things are in Iraq (as an "I told you so") and very, very rarely give credit to all of the good accomplishments that have taken place and continue to do so. They have tried, unsuccessfully fortunately, to demoralize the very men and women who are putting their lives on the line for Iraq. I strongly suspect that more would be done, and more quickly, to bring down the insurgents if the politicians could just finally, down to every single man and woman in office, would finally get behind our troops publicly and shut up about everything else. It happens here in SE consistently with some members and it happens with the same policians just as consistently. We are at war and it should be dealt with as a war and not as a stepping stone for political ambitions and agendas. Full support publicly goes a long way to getting the job done more efficiently, faster, and with great pride in that accomplishment........negativity slows things down considerably no matter what job you have to do, so why would it be any different with warriors? If you hire somebody to do a job, you have faith in their ability to get that job done...you don't run that employee into the ground and expect to get the results you want.
TONI