While the War on Terror has only been waged for less than a decade now, it appears that we have reached a sort of plateau in public opinion relating to the war.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/5257/War-Terrorism.aspx
At the onset of the Iraq invasion in spring 2003, a majority of %75 were satisfied with our actions. Since that point there has been a continuous downward trend in that opinion, the only exception being a short rise in early 2005. After this point the public opinion data comes close to being nearly even as relates to the war. If this baseline for public opinion is compared to the growing tally of combat deaths of US military personnel and the escalation of sectarian violence in Iraq, there is a very close correlation.
http://icasualties.org/Iraq/ByYear.aspx
I believe that both the growing number of casualties in the Middle East and building frustration over failures in forming functional governments in Iraq and Afghanistan to be the two most prevalent factors in determining public opinion.
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