User talk:Snowmanonahoe/Saigon Execution


 * A lot of people like to point to the picture as a shocking thing that turned around the war
 * Newspapers used the photos to further their own agendas mostly
 * No context for the person being shot, described as a "Viet Cong suspect", name unknown
 * Dead Americans was the main driver of public opinion, no visible change in public opinion polls when the execution happened
 * No letters to the editor cared about the photo or film beyond "it was dinner hour, kids could've seen it"
 * Lyndon B. Johnson fucked up the economy by paying for the Great Society and the war, so Americans didn't care all that much about Tet (am I understanding that right?)
 * Johnson didn't really advocate for his own positions, could've rallied the US during Tet but didn't