That was good to point out. I would suggest to also point out, mistakes have been made in EVERY war we have ever fought, even those we won. And one more thing: the President held all blame to himself for any mistakes and put NONE on the troops. He said the troops had done everything we had ever asked of them (and I would add, more than we asked).
The troops I spoke with keenly respect President Bush. I told them what you'd written in your post, and listed the remainder. They were PO'd at the MSM for the same BS politicizing domestically as the same MSM had done about our troops while deployed. A couple of these guys are _just back_. They weren't mad at the President. They had been stunned by what the MSM had reported, and it was the ONLY thing they heard about the President speech.
I wish you could have seen their faces. Grim, resolute. Once they got the facts.