A more current example of guerrilla warfare was practiced by the Viet against the government of South Vietnam, and the United States forces sent there to support the government. ... A contemporary example of guerrilla warfare is the war in Iraq, which is technically over. ... Bush accused Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction. ... Although the war is technically over, Iraq has started a guerrilla war on the Americans. ... A regular guerrilla war has broken out in Iraq, and it is getting out of control. ...

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Other War's covered by the media was the Iraq conflict in the 1990's. ... The medias main role was to cover the conflict in Iraq. ... The media provided news about the war to the public and provided propaganda that turned the American public against Iraq, it also dehumanized sadam Hussein. ... The media reported what the Iraqi government did and said during the Iraqi war all the while functioning under serve restrictions. ... Media coverage of the war in Iraq in 2003 got mixed reviews. ...

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Now I fully understand that Iraq is not Afghanistan, and the reasons for fighting are different. However, these protesters feel that it is not necessary to fight in Iraq but instead to spend the military budget on education. ... According to a CNN poll eighty-six percent of Americans feel that Iraq is a threat. (CNN) Protesters must understand that peace is unattainable when an entire country (Iraq) despises our nation. ... Thereby they would be able to have an influence on what is happening with our government, instead of a skeptical anti-government crowd. ...

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Those cartoons went along with the support the government had with the media in battling those wars. ... And the government and the media were no longer bedfellows. ... Most recently as President George Bush was winning support from the Senate and House on authority to use force against Iraq, the news media was painting a different picture. ... Another reminder that the media was no longer espousing the government line. ... Is it the government controlling the media or is the media controlling the government? ...

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The dismissal of MacArthur seemed to be symbolic to the changing attitudes in American government and policy regarding how future wars would be waged. ... Its involvement again under the command of the U.N was to stabilize the region by expelling Iraq's forces, which had recently invaded Kuwait. ... For lack of a better word American and other allied forces virtually Obliterated Iraq's military. With Iraq's forces either destroyed or retreating Bush had a decision to make, contain Iraq's forces in Iraq, making the Persian Gulf War another limited war, or invade and occupy B...

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Vietnam had been divided into two, in the midst of a communist administration in the North under Ho Chi Minh and an egalitarian government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... By 1975 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had Communist governments (Westdad, Cuban and Vietnamese Challenges). ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... Immediately after the revolution Sadaam Hussein of Iraq, with the support of the U.S and a majority of the international community, invaded Iran in a war that lasted for over 8 years. ... The Soviet-Afghan...

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In this argument he claims that the war has escalated more governmental efforts to control information, manipulate and control the press, and pressure the public through distorted, dishonest documents such as the White Paper on Vietnam, (846). ... The President and our government are able to better analyze war situations without just jumping right in, this evident in our current situation with Iraq. ...

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In the second article, more currently published in 2014, by the British Film Institute in a publication name Sight and Sound, by the author Michael Brooke, draws comparisons of the indiscretions and inability to win over the 'hearts and minds' of the Vietnamese with the modern day issues America is facing in Iraq. ... During the Vietnam war, most of the content, such as news, seen back at home in America was extremely supportive of the actions of U.S. government and military. Most of this support came blindly, partially due to citizens ignorance as well as hidden government agendas....

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The longest war in American history, (besides the Iraq War), and probably one of the most controversial events in American history as a whole, the Vietnam war divided our country and resulted in over 58,000 American causalities. ... During this time, Ho Chi Minh had asked for the United States help in defending against the corrupt government of the south, but was refused. ... Being aided by these countries was the catalyst for Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam adopting a communist government. ... It requires that men from the ages of 18 to 26 register with the government funded organization of ...

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In 1965, Johnson sent the first US combat troops into Vietnam and they left in 1973, accomplishing nothing. The United States was unable to defeat communism in South-East Asia between those years because of their ineptitude, and the superior tactics of the Viet Cong. There were many problems that ...

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