>Vietnam was a terrible mistake on our part, and we have learned quite a few lessons since then. Let's look at a more applicable war, and much more recent: the 1991 Gulf War.

The obvious lesson learned is "keep the media strictly controlled or you'll lose at home".

>Are you saying that the US military deliberately attacked civilians?

Yes. I have seen enough of that while my country was bombed. Cluster bombs thrown to a marketplace, footage from a Tommahawk missile aiming at a civilian train (150+ dead) as it crosses a bridge, a pedestrian bridge bombed on a Sunday noon when it's full of people etc etc.

>>>And tehy do it to for money?
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>>Do they refuse money?
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>Are you saying that the US soldiers take money to deliberately target civilians?

They are professionals in the sense that they get paid for what they do. And they do target civilians. It just takes some control of the media to create a different image.