Only the tactical missions were announced publicly. With heightened exclamation he reported a new sound of the ensuing battle, a sustained roar like thunder that refused to quit. There is no sound on earth like it. Having known Pentagon spokesperson Pete Williams since high school, I found it vaguely amusing that he saw fit to inform the rest of the world of B-52 involvement in the bombing several days latter. The public knew it existed, but heard very little about it.
Spooks have their own language.
The first principle of psychological warfare is to dehumanize the enemy. Everything is a football game to them. These analogies were expressed to the public by pilots returning from Persian Gulf combat missions during interviews. Surgical is not synonymous with random evisceration of innocent men, women and children. Swartzkoff stood by a screen with laser guidance cross hairs centered on a bridge.