Monthly Archives: October 2007
USA Civilians Killed al Qaeda on the Internet
Reposted here because Internet Anthropologist recognizes the successes of the CIIDG/Civilian Information Militia / 101st Fighting Keyboardists / Cyber Vigilantes: USA Government missed some things during the 6 yrs GWOT. And to be fair the Army the Military branches of the Government have … Continue reading
Filed under CNA, PSYOP Auxiliaries
VI Day?
RAMADI — The last parade held in downtown Ramadi was by insurgent forces in the fall of 2006 when the city was gripped in daily violence. Times have changed now as government officials and city locals recently held a parade … Continue reading
Democracies at 4GWar
Wolf Pangloss synthesizes Hammes and Claessen, and comes up with a great graphic explaining the connection between the enemy and the more radical wing of the domestic opposition. The self-described “moderate” wing of the domestic opposition cannot disassociate themselves from the … Continue reading
Filed under Idea War
Who the hell is Glenn Greenwald?
The counterpropaganda technique of silence is overused, but does have one advantage: silence does not call attention to the propaganda. Made the mistake of looking at Instapundit, which took me to Patterico, which took me to to the moonbat in … Continue reading
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The Best Explanation I’ve Seen
. . . for why we are losing our ass in the infowar. The Missing Component of U.S. Strategic Communications by Colonel William M. Darley, USA, Director of Strategic Communications for the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth and Editor-in-Chief of Military … Continue reading
Filed under Idea War, Info Warriors
Counterpropaganda Techniques
Lesson No. 8 in The School of the Counterpropagandist A wide variety of techniques exist for countering propaganda. There is no “correct” or “best” technique; the techniques must be based upon the situation at hand. More than one technique may … Continue reading
Filed under PSYOP, PSYOP Auxiliaries
The ‘cold civil war’
Mark Steyn piece here. Free Republic thread here. The Long War, the GWOT, the Third Jihad, the Eleventh Crusade, all hang in the balance until Western Christendom’s schizophrenic champion recovers it’s wits.
Filed under Idea War
Was I afraid of the liberal media back in the U.S.A? Yes.
I have Lone Survivor. Good day to start reading it. The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, United States Navy, … Continue reading
America seems to be under a glass dome which allows few hard facts from the field to filter in unless they are attached to a string of false assumptions
The situation in Iraq has drastically changed, but the inertia of bad news leaves many convinced that the mission has failed beyond recovery, that all Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, or are waiting for us to leave so they … Continue reading
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There are two ways to exercise power
The first is to make decisions for people who would be better off making them for themselves. The second is to withhold information from people that would allow them to make better decisions for themselves. Now that is just profound … Continue reading
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Plausibly Deniable Cat Herders
Pretty much everybody who is reading this knows that Morale Operations are being conducted in cyber space. Judging from the commenters, I reckon most acknowledge the political and ideological impediments to victory in the Iraq Campaign and the wider struggles … Continue reading
Filed under PSYOP Auxiliaries
I Don’t Think This Is Unintended
Doug Ross, via Glenn Reynolds. This is the kind of easily understood, graphic, powerful product the Office of War Information coordinated for the domestic target audience back in the day. Self-mobilized volunteer information operators have to do now what the … Continue reading
Filed under PSYOP Auxiliaries
As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch
I shit you not. H/T: The Blog Father
Filed under Old Media
If you get this gig, hire me
As a public service to my readers, I pass along this tidbit I ran across. I know some of you meet these requirements. We are seeking a Senior Strategic Psychological Operations (PSYOP)/Information Operations (IO) Planner, with Joint/Multi-National Command experience, to … Continue reading
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Cherry Picking LTG Sanchez’s Speech to to Advance MY Agenda
The entire trancript is here. Below I have selected some things he said with which I strongly agree. I HAVE FIRMLY BELIEVED SINCE DESERT SHIELD THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY THAT THE MILITARY AND THE … Continue reading
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Irregular Restrictive Measures — Blogospheric Computer Network Attack
One of the lessons in the School of the Counterpropagandist that I haven’t posted yet was the counterpropaganda technique of restrictive measures. This technique denies the intended Target Audience access to the propaganda. Jamming, physical destruction, and occupation of … Continue reading
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Now THIS is PROPAGANDA at it’s finest!
“No Wonder They Call it the Holy Land” via Purpleslog
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The U.S. still has a national military, it no longer has a national media
Robert D. Kaplan writes, in Modern Heroes, The sad and often unspoken truth of the matter is this: Americans have been conditioned less to understand Iraq’s complex military reality than to feel sorry for those who are part of it. … Continue reading
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Effects Synchronization
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2007 – A multi-pronged approach to conflict resolution that includes military force coupled with a powerful social push is vital to winning over hearts and minds and countering insurgents’ lure, a U.S. Central Command official said … Continue reading
Cyber Mobilization
Spent a few hours googling the Israeli Cyber Soldiers, thinking that may be an example for how an American Virtual Information Militia could operate. Learned a little about Megaphone , read some about Collactive. This was news last year but it was … Continue reading
Filed under IW, PSYOP Auxiliaries
