Just at the point we're going to war, I don't want reporters undercutting morale".
The raids allowed the rebels to boast of their growing effectiveness, undercut the morale of government forces and reinforce their arsenals.
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said on the same program that any confirmation of the death of Mr. Hussein would serve to undercut the morale of fighters who are staging hit-and-run attacks on American soldiers and at the same time instill confidence among the broader Iraqi public.
He effectively conveys the gloom of the Allies over Japan's dominance in Asia and the Pacific in the spring of 1942: "The Japanese offensive had made a mockery of their predictions, deranged their plans, sapped their morale, undercut their leaders' reputations and torn at the seams of their global coalition".
Crisis management experts say that promising a shake-up without taking immediate action is a bad idea because it tends to undercut the authority and morale of the people who might be losing their jobs.
"It undercuts the work and the morale of colleagues within [the faculty of arts and sciences] and damages the institution as a whole," they added.
Mr. Lott and other Republicans have regularly criticized President Clinton for sending American forces on too many overseas missions, jeopardizing morale and retention and undercutting the country's war-fighting ability.
But the departure of a major general who publicly condemned the armed forces seemed likely to undercut Mr. Assad's attempts to maintain morale.
This cuts the efficiency of doctors and lowers their morale, as their authority is undercut and their patients sulk because they are not allowed expensive treatments.Lately, however, groups of hospitals and doctors have banded together in search of oligopoly power of their own, linking so many providers under one banner that no plan can afford to pass it by.
