In war, whichever side may call it the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. As for PR practitioners, they job is decorating a definitely winner which is the side they belonged to, no matter what the truth is.
As seen in the BBC documentary War Spin, the US government communicators created a whole story about Private Jessica’s rescue. Everything was well designed. Iraqi forces had left the hospital long time before American Special Forces arrived with video crew. It was a review of Hollywood blockbuster Pearl Harbour and the sad point was even moved into reality, this was still an untrue fairy tale. Like Daily Mail commented before - So the Iraq War, which began in spin and lies, will end the same way. What an insult to democracy.
Ironically, Tony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell still convinced about what they have done in Iraq. “I was privileged to be there and I'm very very proud of the part that I was able to play." He said. “"I think that Britain, far from beating ourselves up about this, should be really proud of the role that we played in changing Iraq from what it was to what it is now becoming."
For more information click here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/3007953.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1193289/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-So-Iraq-War-began-spin-lies-end-way-What-insult-democracy.html
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