Memory Hole: Iraq, Lincoln and Propaganda
Times Too Little, Times Too Late
"US turns to radio, cellphones to counter Taliban propaganda" by Thom Shanker, New York Times | August 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is establishing a new unit within the State Department for countering militant propaganda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, engaging more fully than ever before in a war of words and ideas that it acknowledges the United States has been losing.
Hard to believe since they are BOTH SIDES OF IT:
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh and the OSI
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
Proposals are being considered to give the team up to $150 million a year to spend on local FM radio stations, to counter illegal militant broadcasting, and on expanded cellphones service across Afghanistan and Pakistan. The project would step up the training of local journalists and help produce audio and video programming, as well as pamphlets, posters and CDs denigrating militants and their messages.
Is this money you REALLY CAN AFFORD, America?
For a PROPAGANDA EFFORT?
Senior officials say they consider the counterpropaganda mission to be vital to achieving the war’s aims. “Concurrent with the insurgency is an information war,’’ said Richard C. Holbrooke, the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who will direct the effort. “We are losing that war.
Oh, A**HOLE Dick is directing the bulls*** tossing campaign, 'eh?
Of course, that is NOT what he is saying NEXT DOOR!!!
So WHICH ONE is the LIE, readers? Or ARE THEY ALL LIES, huh?
“The Taliban have unrestricted, unchallenged access to the radio, which is the main means of communication,’’ Holbrooke added....
What, WORLDWIDE ZIONIST MSM not getting it done?
Oh, right, cratering....
The team Holbrooke is forming is the latest entry into the government’s effort to direct the flow of information in support of US policy. The campaign is scattered throughout the bureaucracy and the military, variously named public affairs, public diplomacy, strategic communications and information operations.
Translation: EVERYTHING you receive as NEWS, America, is PROPAGANDA!!!!
Officials acknowledge that the government routinely fails when trying to speak to the Muslim world and battle the propaganda of extremism - most often because the efforts to describe US policy and showcase American values are themselves viewed as propaganda.
Yeah, and the MASS-MURDERING AIR RAIDS, KILLINGS, and OCCUPATIONS have nothing to do with it!
PFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!!
F*** you, s*** j**smedia!!!!!!!!!!
And WHO ARE all these ANONYMOUS OFFICIALS????
The new campaign is especially focused on providing cellphone service....
It is a booming industry there now.
That work is closely coordinated with US and allied forces in Afghanistan
Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, NATO’s director of communication in Kabul:
“If we can insulate the people, separate the population from insurgents, they become less vulnerable and less susceptible to the coercion and intimidation designed to steer them away from the government of Afghanistan. Then, and maybe for the first time in their lives, they can be given access to radio and TV and cellular telephone service.’’
Yeah, let's POISON and DUMB-DOWN their minds and children.
PFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
“The ability to communicate empowers a population. That is a very important principle of counterinsurgency and counterpropaganda.’’
Yes, and the MOST IMPORTANT BY-PRODUCT and GENIE that can never be put back in the bottle: 9/11 truth and the Internet, Major!
