This should come as no surprise, since "government" has been doing it for 50 years: sacrifing American lives for political or diplomatic maneuvering. A horrible use of war, and a cynical form of "leadership".
So long as "soldiers" and conscripts were the victims it fueled the selective blindness. Now that the victims are citizens in-country, a watershed change is about to take place, for we can not take it as a country and survive.
War must be uncompromising and relentless, and the goal is to win unconditional or to withdraw.
No more refuges in North Korea, No more avoiding Haiphong Harbors and Hanois, no more dropping food in between bombings to prove we are "good and compassionate" (to whom for God's sake).
Sooner or later we must make the choice. Are we in it to survive? or to win a "popularity" contest?
If is us against the world, I say bring the world on and settle it once and for all.
Pax Americana? I think the time is past to fear labels.
Now that the war has come home, let's embrace it to win, not to prolong it, or to attempt to push its resolution onto our children and grandchildren; For the war is real.
It's only a question of how it will take to us accept it and deal with it.