I would imagine that a lot of Vietnam vets that previuosly were middle of the road or liberal were turned against the press. The liberal press just keeps pissing people off and alienatinig them.
I imagine you're correct; they see it all happening all over again. I live in a Town with a Marine Coprs Base and the guys coming back can't believe they way things are being reported here. Sure, Iraq sucks, but the job needs to be done and done right.
One of the important aspects of this piece are the author's list of crap the media has gotten us into and out of. Somalia, Bosnia, Kosevo, (I'd add Lebanon). None of those places were better off for our intervention and neither were we.