Media and Military

During the Vietnam War the media was left unchecked and brought the wartime images of death and carnage into America's living room. These images served as morale killers and eventually turned much of the public against its own government. During the Gulf War on the other hand, the military filtered what reached the public's eye and morale was kept to all time highs. In wartime the government should be able to manipulate public opinion by …

…had almost no support, was leery of going in no holds barred like Bush did. Filtering what images America is allowed to see during a foreign war is a good idea and should be done. This was done during the Gulf War but not the Vietnam Conflict. Morale for each of these wars was at opposite ends of the spectrum and it is believed that this morale is what wan and lost these respective wars.