Well, it sucks more to be a soldier and not know if the President, Congress and the People have your back, or if they are more willing to sacrifice you on the alter of political correctness to make themselves look good.
For the last several wars/police actions, we have had one or maybe two but never all three backing the troops. I will never forget in Iraq, the DFAC would show CNN during meals and whenever Pelosi or Reid came on they would throw food at the screen and boo loudly. They finally quit showing CNN and switched to things like the Brady Bunch and Friends, but never again the News.