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The US military studied Vietnam a lot: No more draft, career soldiers only Control the media One year tour of duty (they broke this one in Iraq because they we
by phobosdeimos 8y ago
The US military studied Vietnam a lot:
No more draft, career soldiers only
Control the media
One year tour of duty (they broke this one in Iraq because they were running low)
- platz 8y ago+ use mercenaries
- jacobush 8y ago"Oops, who could have imagined they'd be a little liberal with the bullets. Oh well."
- toomanybeersies 8y ago> Control the media This is a big one I think. From what I've read, in Vietnam, you just needed to get letter from your local newspaper accrediting you as a journalist, and you basically got a free ticket anywhere in Vietnam with the US military. Now it's a lot harder to get embedded as a journalist with military units.