There’s no doubt a key driver behind opposition to the Gaza massacre, especially among normie types, has been the footage from smartphones showing the mass destruction and casualties.
Hypothetically, if the War in Iraq occurred with 2023 smartphone technology, how would this have impacted public opinion?
Would Bush have been re-elected in 2004?
Also, for historians of the war, is there a particular atrocity during the war that has been documented by activists or watchdogs but has limited photographic evidence, that had it been recorded by smartphone, could have single-handedly turned the tide of public opinion?
Not in the slightest. Having lived through the war on Iraq, the pro-nato war jingoism is just as bad if not worse today. Consent for war and xenophobia is much easier to manufacture today, than it was then, since nowadays US tech companies control the attention of a much larger audience.
Twitter would be full the same color revolution atrocity propaganda like it is now, like
SADDAM HAS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
SADDAM HAS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
SADDAM HAS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
People living in Xinjiang and journalist visitors, have posted videos and articles for years now refuting zenz’s claims of genocide. Muslim countries, that would be burdened with a refugee crisis, all are saying the same, that there is no genocide. None of it has any effect, evidence from a german white supremacist evangelical who doesn’t speak chinese gets pushed via british state media organs and western social media, confirming the orientalist / racist biases of their audience.
The propaganda machine is much more efficient today.