evangilder
"Shooter"
I am not sure if the televised part was it or not. I do remember seeing it on television when I was young, and seeing my father get very angry at the screen. But the press in general was very powerful in turning the public opinion. The problem was also politics. Rule of Engagement and thinsg like that put a damper on alot of operations at that time and since as well.
I don't really recall what kinds of things were being shown about the war at the time on television, just a few faded memories. It wasn't very popular to start with and the press seemed to take that and run with it. It is tough to make a call on it for me as to whether or not the television press made the biggest difference. But I do recall that during the Tet Offensive, Walter Cronkite said that it was no longer winnable. He was one of the most trusted men in America at the time and that went a long way. Looking back through the window of time, the Tet Offensive was not very successful for the North Vietnamese, and the incredible courage of the Marines at Khe Sanh is still something that is studied in military classrooms. We could have been much more successful if the miltary had been allowed to do it's job and the politicians had left the military to do it's job.
Unfortunately, the press ae alos doing similar deeds now. When was the last time you read a press report of a good thing that happened in Iraq? Yet, if you correspond with some of the guys with the boots on the ground, there are good things happening that you never otherwise hear about.
I don't really recall what kinds of things were being shown about the war at the time on television, just a few faded memories. It wasn't very popular to start with and the press seemed to take that and run with it. It is tough to make a call on it for me as to whether or not the television press made the biggest difference. But I do recall that during the Tet Offensive, Walter Cronkite said that it was no longer winnable. He was one of the most trusted men in America at the time and that went a long way. Looking back through the window of time, the Tet Offensive was not very successful for the North Vietnamese, and the incredible courage of the Marines at Khe Sanh is still something that is studied in military classrooms. We could have been much more successful if the miltary had been allowed to do it's job and the politicians had left the military to do it's job.
Unfortunately, the press ae alos doing similar deeds now. When was the last time you read a press report of a good thing that happened in Iraq? Yet, if you correspond with some of the guys with the boots on the ground, there are good things happening that you never otherwise hear about.