Insurgency Beating U.S. With Slick Propaganda

Those fools who believe that sending more troops to Iraq will have an impact in favor of the U.S. obviously don't know what's going on. We are losing the war primarily because we are losing the propaganda war. That cellphone video of Saddam Hussein is an example of just how we are losing:

Sunni insurgents in particular have become expert at using technology to underscore—some would say exaggerate—their effectiveness. "The sophistication of the way the enemy is using the news media is huge," Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, told NEWSWEEK just before he returned to the United States. Most large-scale attacks on U.S. forces are now filmed, often from multiple camera angles, and with high-resolution cameras. The footage is slickly edited into dramatic narratives[...]

"We're Losing the Infowar":

[...]despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars, the United States has lost the battle for Iraqi public opinion: "Insurgents, sectarian elements, and others are taking control of the message at the public level." Videos of U.S. soldiers being shot and blown up, and of the bloody work of sectarian death squads, are now pervasive. The images inspire new recruits and intimidate those who might stand against them.