] In the battle to influence public opinion, the antiwar
] movement's worst enemy may prove to be the television.
]
] Daily reports from the front lines put the troops
] foremost in American thought - an omnipresence that makes
] it easier for taxi drivers and hairdressers, white-collar
] workers and televangelists, to sympathize with the
] servicemen and -women, and to argue that protesters
] should be supporting those fighting in Iraq instead of
] holding rallies to oppose the war.

Antiwar protesters in a PR fix | csmonitor.com