We're winning the ground war in Iraq, but we seem to be losing the information war -- the Arab press has seized the initiative, and they're kicking our ass daily.
I'm not sure what we're going to do about it. I know a lot of you want to heap abuse onto this one guy, but we need some better ideas also.
It seems like we need some new tactics for PSYOPS, public affairs, and/or civil affairs -- some new ways to help us retake the initiative in the information war.
The arab press is fortunate enough to have sympathizers in our ranks with "press" credentials.
I agree wholeheartedly but the problem is distribution. The MSM pretty well controls the distribution of images and 'information' or disinformation and that monopoly has to be broken before anything can be done.
In the Muslim world, I think a free Iraqi media is going to be a real breakthrough.
I've heard Iraqi talk radio is hot!
"some new ways to help us retake the initiative in the information war"
hello. we are fighting the REAL WAR. the information war only exists in the minds of the MSM. the answer is simple. leave the reporters in the situation room drinking coffee. give them a few still fotos at the end of the action. my choice for this one would have been the headless and legless mutilated body of the "western" female. let them post that.
worried about the complaints from the MSM about no access? take the hit and get on with the war, the real war. win it and then argue with the press.
hello.