Gee, look what happens when the Sec Def hears from the troops and not the press.

Rumsfeld gets friendly questions in Iraq

The questions from the troops for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were considerably more friendly on his Christmas Eve visit to Iraq than they were on his previous trip to the region a couple of weeks ago.

"How do we win the war in the media?" asked one soldier in Mosul.

How, indeed.