[jyl]

I think the fact that the majority of the American population now disapproves of the war is probably encouraging the Iraqi insurgency leadership to some degree.

I think, however, the vast majority of the Iraqi insurgency's motivation comes from the simple fact of Western troops occupying muslim soil and Western soldiers holding Muslim prisoners. And I think the vast majority of the missteps in the war are due to poor execution by the US government, including failure to commit enough troops to the occupation, failure to quickly and effectively spend reconstruction funds, failure to understand Iraqi ethnic and religious politics.

If you disagree, I would like to see a link to a Defense Department or CIA or other credible report that cites domestic US dissent as a significant cause of what is going wrong with the war in Iraq or of US troop casualities. I've never seen any such evidence.

Oh, by the way, forged photos and old pics from the 1960s don't count as evidence, at least to thinking people.