[PsyOp]

If you agree, pass this along.

[PsyOp]

Ping.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Talk to the troops in Iraq or just returned. They are constantly dismayed by the fact that our media only wants to show dead coalition soldiers,
ignoring all the schools that they’ve re-opened, children vaccinated, public works restored, and much, much more."

Instead FOX, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC give free media time to Kerry and ignore his past.

[dinasour]

Kerry also ought to be asked who, exactly, told him any such thing, and what it was, exactly, that they said they did in Vietnam

To me, this assertion sounds exactly like the disinformation line that the Soviets were sowing worldwide...

Could be a bit embarrassing for Kerry to say, "My KGB Station Chief told be to say..."

[eyespysomething]

Stephen Decatur (1779–1820)

QUOTATION: Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

[fella]

All of our so clled journalists are graduates of our schools of journalism which are the bastions of Soviet style propagadists. If they don't tow the socialist line they don't graduate and don't get six figure paychecks at leftist propaganda mills.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, PsyOp.
In tears.

Press e-mail addresses.

 

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“....How can you support the troops if you continually, and publicly, call into question their mission, their leadership, their accomplishments?”

You can’t. The perception of public division here encourages our enemies around the world...it gives them “aid and comfort.” And it chips away at the morale of our own troops.

It is not a violation of your first amendment rights if I ask you to put a sock in it while my daughter is in uniform and a target for terrorist thugs. It is my right. And it is your obligation as a fellow citizen not to say anything that would encourage terrorists to keep on fighting even one day more. 

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Prayer warriors on duty. Ooh RAH!

 

[Interesting Times]

Ping for a terrific article...

[happygrl]

Astounding BUMP!

[PsyOp]

Ping.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

bump so I can find this.

[mylife]

Excellent post!

Pokey and Howlin would you consider pulling out your ping lists to Bump this?

[mylife]

Newsmax article on McCain in 1973

[GeorgiaYankee]

Looks like Andy Rooney knows how to wage his own PsyOps, AGAINST OUR TROOPS, and those who support them!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116196/posts

It would be interesting to have a reporter ask a group of our soldiers in Iraq to answer five questions and see the results:

1. Do you think your country did the right thing sending you into Iraq?

2. Are you doing what America set out to do to make Iraq a democracy, or have we failed so badly that we should pack up and get out before more of you are killed?

3. Do the orders you get handed down from one headquarters to another, all far removed from the fighting, seem sensible, or do you think our highest command is out of touch with the reality of your situation?

4. If you could have a medal or a trip home, which would you take?

5. Are you encouraged by all the talk back home about how brave you are and how everyone supports you?

Treating soldiers fighting their war as brave heroes is an old civilian trick designed to keep the soldiers at it. But you can be sure our soldiers in Iraq are not all brave heroes gladly risking their lives for us sitting comfortably back here at home.

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He followed the principles you listed to a T!

How do you destroy the enemy’s morale and will to fight? It’s simple, really.

First, you call into question their mission. Make them question why they are fighting. Make them question whether they are doing the right thing. Soldiers unsure of their mission question their orders and hesitate to act when quick action is most necessary. In combat, you’re either quick or you’re dead.

Second, call into question their leadership. Make them question their commander’s skill and honesty. Make them question the motives of the political figures that made the decision to go to war. Soldiers unsure of their leadership may refuse to follow their orders or take direct action against their leadership. In combat, failure to immediately follow orders usually gets soldiers killed.

Third, make them homesick. Point out how miserable they are; remind them how long they have been away from home; how much their loved ones miss them; accentuate the bad and ignore the good; tell them there is no foreseeable end in site (no, you won’t be home by Christmas). Homesick and depressed soldiers are not effective soldiers. Ineffective soldiers often become dead soldiers.

Fourth, make it all about them. Point out that the war is not in their personal best interest. “Hey, you can lose an eye (or worse), doing that.” This last step, converting the soldier back into the psychological equivalent of a civilian, is the most deadly. Soldiers who start thinking only of themselves stop acting as members of a team. A soldier concerned only with his own safety stops watching his buddy’s back. Unit cohesiveness breaks down. Desertions and insubordination becomes rampant. Casualties mount higher.

[Taxman]

Daniel, thanks for a most excellent essay. I hope the President has an opportunity to read it before his press conference tomorrow evening.

Lotta wisdom in your words.

Taxman Bravo Zulu.

[DoughtyOne]

Very good article.

[DoughtyOne]

Very good article.

[deadhead]

"Today, the first thing out of a war protestor’s mouth is the qualification “I support the troops, but not the war.”

I have been hearing this from Dems and Liberals I know and work with. Makes me so angry. They are big time Bush haters. Thank You so much, Daniel, for this excellent read. Mind if I email it to others?

Support the troops, support the mission.

Regards,
Colleen

[texasflower]

Very nicely written. Thank you.

I will pass this on.

[brityank]

If you agree, pass this along.

Thank you; very well done.

[amom]

Thanks for this tool. I'll use this hammer well.