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Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 9 2004, 03:28 PM
The New York Times today goes one step further, a large supplement with head and shoulder pictures of each of the 1000 dead USA soldiers killed in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/natio...x_PICTURES.html
One of the psychological turning points in the Vietnam War, termed a cheap psychological trick by pro-war activists, was LIFE Magazine in 1969 publishing in similar fashion the head and shoulder pictures of 242 Americans killed in action in one average WEEK in Vietnam. The article was titled: "One Weeks Dead."
On 27 June, 1969, Life magazine displayed portrait photos of all 242 Americans killed in Vietnam during the previous week, including the 46 killed at 'Hamburger Hill'. The impact of these photos, and some of the faces behind the numbers, stunned Americans and increased anti-war sentiment in the country.
Will something like the New York Times account today have a similar impact?
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Cowperson
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It's interesting cause either people are more used to war and the resulting casualties, or they really think the war is worth it. Which means somehow, Communism is less of a threat than an arguable terror threat.
It is a far younger campaign too. If this went on for another few years into the next Bush admin, there might be some pretty heavy cries for his TX head!