White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, speculating on why the Iraq War is so unpopular:

The president understands people’s impatience — not impatience but how a war can wear on a nation. He understands that. If somebody had taken a poll in the Battle of the Bulge, I dare say people would have said, wow, my goodness, what are we doing here?

Sadly, Tony, FDR had polls taken during the course of WWII, and you would be totally wrong.  At the time of the Battle of the Bulge, Americans clearly understood what the war was about, and early supported it — it remained in the 70% range through out the entire war, trending upward during the Battle of the Bulge.

The chart shows that American people will stick through a lot of adversity if they think the war being fought matters.  The reason the Iraq War is unpopular is precisely because few grasp what its purpose is, and most object to the haphazard way in which it is being waged.  Tony — stop blaming the American people for their impatience and start blaming your President for his incompetence.