As in the Vietnam War, the anti-war factions push a particular view of our military in the press and elsewhere.

I've discussed in the past the pigeonholing of military personnel into "pathetic uneducated victim" or "tools of the system." Or, if that doesn't work, they will settle for "torturing, baby-killing goon."

I've mostly refrained from posting videos and letters from men and women serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, since I know, almost word for word, what the rote responses would be. Certain kinds of bigotry are still okay in our culture.

Another tactic is to destroy the concept of "war hero." With a few notable exceptions, almost all the details I've read on acts of valor, medals and other such recognition in this war have been from local news articles, bloggers, or people close to the families. You could almost hear the orgasms in the anti-war media when the rest of the facts about Tillman and Lynch came out.

Everybody knows those names. Anybody know some names off the top of their head of one of the real heroes?

Remember the test question from an earlier post? Name a Gold Star Mother?

To instill a sense of futility in the adversary is a top goal when fighting a war. In the case of the U.S., too bad most of it is coming from our own side.