The myth that news coverage turned Americans against the war persists. In fact, it was largely complicit in perpetuating the conflict

I’m surprised this article was actually decent

  • deathtoreddit
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    9 months ago

    Norman Solomon is the director of RootsAction and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His latest book is War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine

    Explains a lot

  • 51dz31 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Do AmeriKKKans actually care about Vietnam from a “principled” perspective? Or do they just think that Vietnam war was bad because the US lost very badly?

    • TheLastHero [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I don’t think Americans even remember why there was a war and just consider Vietnam “the bad one” next to WW2 “the good one”, no lessons learned or historical curiosity