This is a joke right? Psy-ops and information warfare are nothing new, and anyone that is going to go to war is going to do these things. You think that England, Russia, China or any other major first world country doesn't practice the exact same things?
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:12 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: US plans to 'fight the net' revealed > > > GO USA!!! GO USA!!! > LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!!!! > > "Late last year, it emerged that the Pentagon had paid a private > company, the Lincoln Group, to plant hundreds of stories in Iraqi > newspapers. The stories - all supportive of US policy - were written > by military personnel and then placed in Iraqi publications." > > I wonder how much of the sentiment that say the majority of Iraqis > love the US being there is owed to these stories? > > If any other country did this it would be seen as ..well...evil > wouldn't it? Lies, subterfuge, war,slicing and dicing rights to > privacy and other civil rights, scandal after scandal where money goes > to big corporations, killing the environment and passing laws and > reneging on treaties at the behest of corporations (Abramoff). It > sounds like the start of some "Sci-Fi" post apocalyptic future novel. > > I know the overall standard of living in the US is probably still > better than in many places, but I would be just a little worried when > things in my country started to sound more and more like those > dreadful nihilistic stories that were once thought to be impossible > Fiction. > > It really does sound like The Empire from Star Wars *chuckle*. Hey, > doesn't the US actually have a space based initiative Called Star > Wars? > *sad smile* > > On 1/29/06, Andrew Grosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Makes you think: > > > > "The US military seeks the capability to knock out every > telephone, every networked computer, every radar system on the planet" > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4655196.stm > > > > Andrew. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194974 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
