We won every real fight; and it was not just the politicians, you have to include the media and a large number of prog/lib citizens in there.
No one in the MSM would have carried the anti-war campaign as far or as hysterically as they did, if the political will was there to support the military and get it done.
Politicians made sure that the political will was completely misrepresented and corrupted IF it was expressed at all....it WASN'T!
Yes the MSM was GREATLY to blame as well.