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I have incredible problems, trying to understand this “war weariness” phenomenon.

The constant drumbeat of negative messages is wearying to the vast number of Americans who want to stop hearing about the carnage in Iraq when they hear a news broadcast or read a paper.

Anti (American)-war activists call us "pro-war", and this is not how people want to think of themselves, either. It is time to try to change this slogan to "pro-victory."

Since the DBM/dem party have made such an issue of "redeployment" we must fight language with language, and use the words "withdrawal" and "surrender." We have to fight against the dbm/left control of language usage all the time.

I totally agree, Maica. I've been telling everyone I know about Michael Yon's blog . A pal of mine is a distant relative of Ernie Pyle, and whole-heartedly agreed with me (after reading Yon's "Dispatches," that Yon is the Ernie Pyle of the Iraq War. Five years of negativity by the drive-bys, and NOT ONE report about POSITIVE events, is a really pitiful record. If those same drive-bys had reported on WWII, they undoubtedly would have insisted we retreat in full, after the Battle of Kasserine Pass. The drive bys of today would have told Americans that "The War is Over." And "we'll never beat the "battle-tested" Germans.""Let's surrender and go home." Really, we should always say that we are "pro-victory," and not "pro-war." The other guys AREN'T "anti-war," they're "pro-surrender." HUGE difference. Up to recently. our side has not been very effective at all in countering the drive-bys. I hope that changes soon.