The media was wrong in the way they handled Veitnam, though I will give them the benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to the newness of the media, and they are wrong in the way they handle Iraq, with no excuse.
The terrorists are killing with no discrimination, sunni, shiite, whatever, and that is what will lose the war for them. They are focused, motivated and dying at a rapid rate. It is very hard to replace persons who are willing to die for a cause when the cause is seen by the majority of their peers to be a) unjust and b) futile.
We simply need to keep killing the handsomehunkes and the pool will dry up.