"You don't get it do ya. The MSM and Foreign press will spin anything we do to the negative, even the most benevolent endeavors will be portrayed as malevolent. An if it too hard to spin, they just wont report it. Besides I would rather the enemy fear us, its better for war."
1. I believe that position is too negative. If it were true, we wouldn't get any cooperation at all while in fact we get some cooperation all the time.
2. I don't think it makes them fear us in the sense of giving up because they are fearful. I think it makes them fear us being in charge so they want to avoid anything that promotes our influence.
"Here is an idea. We should get some serious Video and CGI wizards to put together a twisted propaganda piece. e.g., A bunch of AQ types wrapped in pig skin, and then dropped in pigs blood, buried alive with their ass facing mecca. All fake of course, but the enemy doesn't need to know that. If the MSM and foreign press are going to make up lies about us, it might as well be something really good."
Well sure... that would help us keep the peace in Afghanistan with only a small force and encourage Pakistan to work with us and convince the Shiite majority in Iraq that we really have Iraq's best interest at heart... /friendly sarcasm.