As the
media memorializes George H.W. Bush, we look at the lasting impact of
his 1991 invasion of Iraq and the propaganda campaign that encouraged
it.
Although
the Gulf War technically ended in February of 1991, the U.S. war on
Iraq would continue for decades, first in the form of devastating
sanctions and then in the 2003 invasion launched by George W. Bush.
Thousands
of U.S. troops and contractors remain in Iraq. A largely forgotten
aspect of Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq is the vast domestic propaganda
effort before the invasion began. We look at the way U.S. media
facilitated the war on Iraq with journalist John “Rick”
MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper's Magazine and the
author of the book “Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the
1991 Gulf War.”
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