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Tango01  | 26 Aug 2025 4:21 p.m. PST |
"War cannot be waged without secrecy. But when secrecy is replaced by intentional deception by a nation's leaders, war will not be tolerated. That is one of the main public policy lessons of the Vietnam War. It is also one of the fundamental constitutional lessons on the relationship of the sovereign people with the leader they entrust with the power to wage war on their behalf, the Commander in Chief. For the Vietnam War, this was how that lesson turned out: the deference that patriotism extends to those running the war ultimately was widely replaced by cynicism and resistance, energized by the news media as it carried out its role as abiding skeptic of government propaganda. The period of this war – from the summer of 1964 to March 1973 – was a vibrant time for American journalism and for the Free Press Clause of the First Amendment…" link Armand |
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