The propaganda by Bush worked like charm on the people of America. The time was post 9/11 and America was vulnerable after the fall of the twin towers. They wanted the villain and Bush named him as Saddam Hussain the president of Iraq.
The reasons given were that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction and might help Al- Qadea and therefore pose a threat to the American people and the world.
The strategies and tactics used by the Bush administration were what PR people are generally accused of in political scenario -- spin and manipulation.
The three weeks of Iraq war will go down in history where the entire world was taken for a ride by USA and its greatest ally UK .
Just a few examples of manipulation and spin used during the Iraq war...
1. The Bush administration bought the scientists who said the Saddam will use chemicals to contaminate and bring mass destruction. Of course they were not speaking the truth.
2. Embedded journalists who gave a sanitized picture of Iraq war.
3. Maximum imagery was shown with minimum insight
4. Setbacks and atrocities of the coalition army were glossed over.
5. Only military coverage of Jessica Lynch was shot and edited version handed over to the media.
6. Towns which were not won over were falsely reported as seized.
we Weapons of mass destruction !!!!!!!! Have they been found as yet?????
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E7DC1738F937A35757C0A9659C8B63http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/03/18_iraqmedia.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/nov/06/broadcasting.Iraqandthemedia
I came across this very interesting site on Nazi Propaganda.
http://www.historians.org/Projects/GIroundtable/Propaganda/Propaganda1.htm
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