I had the occasion to attend a "wetting down" for a Marine buddy of mine the other night. These guys are no more "losing" the Iraqi war than Israeli soldiers did the war in Lebanon. And they are NOT demoralized. They are pumped, proud, positive, and they LOVE GWB.
All the press to the contrary is BS.
If you read the article you will find no similarities to the USMC/US Army. Israel got a wake up call and Israel has some work to do. Denial will only lead to more of the same.