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2008-05-20 Terror Networks

The Spectacle of War: Insurgent video propaganda and Western response

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-20 11:44|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 There is no excuse in the information age, to have given the information battlefield to the enemy.

I'm not sure I blame the military though. It seems to me that the CIA and others should have been working this sort of thing and I see little evidence they even tried.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-05-20 12:31|| 2008-05-20 12:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, the Jihadists insisted on conducting illegal warfare: bombing of uninvolved civilians and mosques, collective punishment, and refusal to wear distintive insignia. Kinda hard to wage conventional war against cowards who hide behind women and children when they are not killing them...

Posted by ptah">ptah 2008-05-20 15:25|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-05-20 15:25|| Front Page Top

#3 The US, as currently organized, cannot win the propaganda war. If the information coming from the US DoD is not 100% accurate, even in the fog of battle, there is no end to news and governmental organizations eager to rake the Americans over the coals for the next 30 news cycles. The other side, whether jihadis or communists don't operate under the same constraints. Many in the journalistic trade are more than eager to carry their water and those who are not are killed and the rest cowed.

So don't expect the win the propaganda war. Give out accurate info, pay attention to the attitudes of those who pay the bills, make sure the trends are going our way and our color fills the theater map, and stack up the enemy bodies. We can't change the hearts of those who wish us dead. We can kill them and take their goodies.

Posted by ed 2008-05-20 16:50|| 2008-05-20 16:50|| Front Page Top

#4 You dont' make it look like it came from the DoD. You create an organization called Crimson Jihad and you have them say the things you want. Have them take credit for bombings and for the catering arrangements at Bin Laden's Bar mitzva complete with photos of Bin Laden enjoying his Bacon and wine. Whatever it takes.

Have a CIA fellow become an Iraqi stringer working for the AP. Have him slip in bits of info that might slowly erode the Jihadi case to fellow Muslims. Then Zarkawi did this while the others prayed. When asked about it Zarkawi suggested that the Holy Warriors worry less about his actions and more about preparing for Martyrdom.

Have another CIA fellow spread rumors of Iranian connections to this and that. Or Mossad's capturing weapons in transit from Iran and soiling them with pig greese and setting them to explode prematurely. Of North Koreans urinating on Sunni graves and/or Korans.

Whatever it takes. We're fighting a culture that traffics in rumors worse than the National Enquirer and we're not feeding that rumormill to create dessention and distrust in our enemies we're failing.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-05-20 18:18|| 2008-05-20 18:18|| Front Page Top

#5 How about releasing a plan to attack the Oscars because of Hollywood propagating their whores and gays all over the world (Jihadi words, not mine). Lots of high priced targets. Might get some of the folks in Hollywood to reconsider who exactly their are supporting in their Bush hatred.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-05-20 18:20|| 2008-05-20 18:20|| Front Page Top

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