But what do you call it when you're sick of attrition?
at·tri·tion n.

1. A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.

2. A gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress.

Bill Roggio says U.S. soldiers and Marines are frustrated with the media:

These guys are extremely frustrated with the media and make no bones about their distaste for those who are undermining the war effort by calling for withdrawal.
(Via Glenn Reynolds.)

They must love the Philadelphia Inquirer.

  • Over Thanksgiving weekend a huge front page story went to a great deal of trouble to put the word "disillusioned" in a fallen soldier's mouth (even though he'd voiced support for the war just days before he was killed).
  • Yesterday's editorial praised Murtha as "The lawmaker who led Bush to a turning point on Iraq."
  • Today's guest editorial chided Murtha's critics for "right wing angst" (which made me feel angst over my angstlessness, for I tried to ignore a man I thought needed ignoring.)
  • And then there's today's front page headline, "Dilemma on Iraq: When and how U.S. will get out."
  • I share the frustration of the soldiers and Marines. It is as if there's a professional, well-financed effort to reach into every American home with constant calls for withdrawal from Iraq. While I can ignore it, it's becoming clear to me that many people can't. They believe what they read in the papers, and much as I hate to say this, public opinion appears to be fickle and too easily influenced. I guess it should renew my faith that there is still support for the war.

    People are certainly free to have the opinion that the war is wrong. But if those holding the antiwar mindset are charged with shaping public opinion, and they deliberately, constantly undermine support for the war effort, then it begs the question of whether the real war of attrition is in Iraq.

    posted by Eric on 11.28.05 at 07:57 AM





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