Where’s the video? Every war over the last 80 years has had a significant video component. Now, during WWII that component may have been delayed a couple of weeks, but it was there. Newsreels put together video from all manner of places and situations. It was done on both sides of the conflict.
When the Vietnam war arrived, the war came into our living room. We were seeing the front lines on our TV screens every night. In some respects this may have contributed to the disillusionment with the whole Vietnam fiasco.
The Gulf War in 1990-91 and the subsequent Iraq War saw journalists embedded with the troops. The public was treated to the overwhelming superiority of the coalition forces. Commentators extolled the virtues of “smart” bombs and other sophisticated technology. The public watched video of missiles being flown through the windows of targets, of jeeps and trucks being precisely targeted and eliminated.
Technology has not retreated since these wars. The ability to capture video is within most of the public’s grasp today. Cell phone cameras are ubiquitous. Where’s the video of the Ukrainian war with Russia? Why do we not see video every night of the hell that war is?
During the first three weeks after Russia went into eastern Ukraine, the same building in some area of Ukraine was blowing up in every single report on the war. Was there no other video of the “atrocities” that Russia was inflicting on the civilian population?
There has been a dearth of video reporting on this war that Europe and America started with Russia. Why? Just what is really going on in Ukraine? Are the powers that be afraid that if uncensored video is shown to the public, the scam that Ukraine appears to be would be truly exposed?
There are many more questions than answers.