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The media and the fight for public support of anything has always been a price paid for those that live in a democratic society. Unfortunately in this country those that chose to not really understand issues and rely on someone else to do their thinking for them are easily swayed by most of the media that exists to make money and neither educate or inform. It is kind of ironic, they tout their first amendment rights to publish crap and yet they will be the first ones to snivel like rats eating onions if they lost that right under something other than a democratic system. However, we also play that game with information operations that is offensive and defensive and manipulate whatever information we need to suit our needs also. This is a very powerful tool with the technology that is available today. I can hold a mock execution in one country, uplink it to some other country, and have folks believe it took place in their country, etc, etc, etc.
As to LIC, this requires and interagency/interdisciplinary effort where the military actually plays the supporting role. The problem with LIC is that until you remove the problems that are normally social in nature that are causing the insurgency, the only thing the military can do is piss off the civilians that are supporting the insurgents either directly or indirectly if their operations appear to be in support of the oppressive government programs or policies that have fed the insurgency in the first place. I realize that this is an over simplification, but I need to shut down for a while.
Jack Moroney
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Wenn einer von uns fallen sollt, der Andere steht für zwei.
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