Yes, Reagan said it was Morning Again In America and he made it a fact, but lest I remind you that he gave no quarter to the communist, anti-military Left. To argue that they shouldn't be opposed and that if we sit back and let events play themselves out, everything will turn out just fine is crap advice. It is precisely what the Left says we should do against the terrorists.
I don't ever think we just sit back and let life wash over us. (hence the "ish" part of my name BTW.) And you're absolutely right that "everything will turn out fine" is crap advice.
I think where we are not connecting is that when we undercut the only hope we have, we make it worse. We lost on Abu Graib. A bunch of individuals (I don't call them soldiers because they don't deserve the title) did something stupid. The opposition got political mileage out of it and there is nothing we can do to stop it. So say the courts.
I see no reason to worry about this. Let it go. I would rather focus on what I believe is the most important part: We must win this war, and we must support the administration's efforts. ESPECIALLY when they have no choice, which is the case here. They didn't do this because they wanted to.
Have mistakes been made. Of course...but that will not, MUST NOT, deter us from the goal. You don't toss the whole game because the shortstop made an error. And if we learned anything from Vietnam it is that our attitude at home is what wins or looses as conflict.