Unfortunately the PR (aka Propganda) War and Lawfare has been amazingly effective against us and the Israelis. Why do you think our troops have such insanely restrictive ROEs and have even been sent on patrol with no rounds in their weapons? (Hell, why do we have Obama for Presisdent?) Or that the pirate towns in Somalia haven’t been burned to the ground?
In a sane world, the attack on the Israeli troops trying to inspecting the “relief convoy” would have been grounds to sink the d@mn convoy. But instead, we have every news outlet screaming against the Israels.
You ignore the “PR War” at your our peril.
” Unfortunately the PR (aka Propganda) War and Lawfare has been amazingly effective against us and the Israelis. Why do you think our troops have such insanely restrictive ROEs and have even been sent on patrol with no rounds in their weapons? (Hell, why do we have Obama for Presisdent?) Or that the pirate towns in Somalia haven’t been burned to the ground? “
And why, do you suppose, that the ‘PR’ weapon has been so effectively used against us as to lead to every one of the shameful examples (and more) that you cite??
Somehow, our leadership (and, unfortunately, all to many of our ‘followership’..) has lost sight of the real-world (often bombs and bullets) Missions.. When ‘winning the hearts & minds’ of implacable enemies becomes The Mission, we’ve already lost....