It does seem frustrating. I guess it is the fog of war. As someone else may have pointed out, instant communication has changed everything. Everyone from the President to the person reading FreeRepublic.
It is very important that the people running this war need to know how to communicate in this instanteous world. They need to get the right message out to the people. They can't sit ideally by. They are going receive criticism and be asked a lot of questions. This is the type of environment it is now.