If a tactic keeps a Marine alive, but slightly increases the chance of collateral damage, the Left will cry "War Crime!".
If Marines try to play nice and end up in bod bags, the Left will cry "Quagmire!".
If the Military takes out a terrorist with an airstrike, the Left will cry "Deprivation of Due Process!"
If the Intelligence community foils a plot, the Left will cry "We're Losing Our Civil Liberties!"
The only exception to this is if the action is being taken in support of a Socialist or Muslim regime (like in Bosnia). Then the MSM will call it justified.
Any way you cut it, the Left wins.
Not really ... granted the liberal leftist media dominates the megaphone in the public forum. However, with the alternate media available practically to everyone today the driveby liberal MSM types can't get traction on their lies and spin. Thank the good Lord for the internet.