Originally Posted by
WillBrink
Which in retrospect, perhaps a good thing? The mil learned a hard less on Nam that they better control the narrative all around and allowing reporters to wonder around at will, a bad idea if you want public support. But, is the hard realities what people should see and accept for a legit war? I'm not sure what the answer is.
Even a “legit” war is too ugly for public consumption and can turn off public support. WW2 is “legit” in most opinions yet was terribly brutal. In 1943 the War Department allowed the press to release photographs of dead Marines on Tarawa. No missing body parts or anything like that just uniformed bodies in the surf. Immediately they started getting nasty letters from the public calling the War Department murderers and such.
Philippians 2:10-11
To argue with a person who renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. ~ Thomas Paine
“The greatest conspiracy theory is the notion that your government cares about you”- unknown.
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