When Al Qaeda terrorists, or the terrorist regimes in Iran and Syria, or the Iraqi insurgent terrorists whether they are Sunnis or Shia hear the speeches of defeatism coming from liberals and their media, or unfortunately coming from some conservatives who some of them are right here on Free Republic, will they feel comforted and aided by these speeches? Of course they will be comforted, and they will be embolden to fight more and more, kill more and more, destroy more and more, because they realize that many Americans do not have the will to fight a long and hard war. The day after the November 2006 election, attacks on the Green Zone increased markedly and remained that way for well over a month. They haven't exactly stopped, but for about six weeks after the election, there were attacks (mortars, rockets - even Katyushas) several times a day every day.
That timing was no coincidence. The results of the election had emboldened the terrorists.