Colin, I think you are seeing more complaining about the war plan because the Whitehouse isn't controlling the news cycle very well... giving press conferences at weird times, making announcements that are basically one sentence long (like the POW being retreived. The guy gave 2 sentences max and left the room)...
Putting the reports with the units means that they are not reporting the WHOLE story, just what they are being driven to. They are there, yes, but there are only seeing a small part of the show (imagine a mouse trying to describe an elephant while standing behind his hind foot). Because the Whitehouse hasn't really picked up the cycle on this one, the news is starting to fill up with everyone else's spin...
Combine that with about two dozen retired generals blabbering without specific knowledge, and you get alot of weird static.
The spin cycle goes both ways... either you seize it or it seizes you. The Whitehouse certainly has been less than forceful on this one...
Alex
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