[caisson71]

You need to read the comments of NVA General Giap about the liberal press, anti-war groups, TET, American public opinion and the 20,000+ Americans needlessly killed in Nam.

[Blzbba]

Those poor Americans died because they were in Nam, not due to bad press. Besides, in the case of 'Nam, the press was right - it was an unwinnable quagmire of death. Iraq is different (IMO) for reasons too numerous to be listed here....but I still don't buy that 'bad press' is killing the troops, esp. given the fact that most of the killers can't read and aren't going home and watching CNN.

I feel bad for those 20,000 Americans who died, but I think all Nam deaths were needless. What a waste of life that hell was. I also think the treatment of Nam vets was deplorable, but that's another thread.