In the Combat Zone

This article is written by Marylin Young for "Radical History Review" in winter of 2003. The article can easily be accessed from UIC workstation. Non-UIC workstations need some kind of authorization.
The article gives us an interesting look in the place when it quotes George Clooney's special forces friend says that he really didn't know what he did there (kuwait). The main idea is that americans have liberated Kuwait. This is the reason the friend of this soldier replies, "Do you want to occupy Iraq", and "do Vietnam all over again".

The vietnam syndrome (no clear victory) and the media image is a big part of this article. It quotes Rove for the War on Terror saying that hollywood should play a role in declaring that "The war is against terrorism, not Islam... a fight against evil than disagreement between nations". This meeting provides a background to the powerful influence of media on our minds. The article mentions that madia blunders were blamed for the loss of the vietnam war. This is why you see in the quotes above that the army doesn't want to repeat "vietnam again". The power of media is shown in the film when George Clooney and his band of soldiers make the reporter go in circles than tell they plan to steal kuwaiti gold. Of course, stealing would hurt the "liberator" image of the army. But they don't hesitate to use the reporter when they are saving those iraqi refugees and moving them across to Iran at the checkpoint against army orders. These soldiers used the media to their advantage as due to the reporter's reporting on them, these soldiers get off easy because of their "heroic actions" in saving Iraqi civilians from saddam's murderous army.