Porphyrogenitus: One Complaint - The Diigo Meta page

• 12 Jun 07
  

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  infowar milblogging opsec

  • That is, they seem to have been given a highly
    
    negative sense of the blogosphere, and were discouraging soldiers from
    
    posting anything that might affect anything. Which to me is sass-akwards.
    
    Milbloggers, in my non-humble opinion, have done more for the war effort
    
    and more to correct misleading reports than the entire Army Public Affairs
    
    Branch has (note: this is not a slam on them, but praise for the MilBlog
    
    community). The Army should be encouraging troops to give *more*
    
    information on their first-hand impressions and how things are going, not
    
    less. "Winning the War" begins at home - we're not going to be defeated
    
    here, but may have to pull out because of people's impressions at home,
    
    which in my opinion seem to be shaped by misleading reports of what the
    
    overall picture here is. (Note again - I'm writing less from my own direct
    
    experiences than from the impression I get second-hand, both talking to
    
    people who have direct experiences and reading what I consider to be
    
    reliable sources).

    
    
    

    This attitude towards soldier-bloggers, which might be
    
    limited to just the 4th Division, seems to be another example of the Army
    
    shooting itself in the foot - making it's mission harder.

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