One big, glaring difference I can think of between Iraq and Vietnam is the news coverage. During the Vietnam War era, you had TV coverage of the war saturating the airwaves every night, and that coverage wasn't put through a military filter at all.

Mark Boal (born 1973) is an American journalist screenwriter and film producer. The phrase has been used among military members for decades. He wrote an essay in Rolling Stone about US troops killing Afghan civilians.

Mark Boal (born 1973) is an American journalist screenwriter and film producer. He won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture for The Hurt Locker (2009).