John R. MacArthur, who authored Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War, has noted that "at the time, it was the most sophisticated and expensive PR campaign ever run in the U.S. by a foreign government."
John R. MacArthur, penulis Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War, mengatakan bahwa "waktu itu, cerita Nayirah adalah kampanye humas tercanggih dan termahal yang pernah dilaksanakan di Amerika Serikat oleh pemerintah asing."