War is hell and this is one of the tools It is time to differentiate myself, once again, from my lefty brethren.

Alright, this war sucks. We shouldn't be there, period. We should come home as soon as possible, something like the week after next. But that by no means should be taken as an excuse to not use every reasonable tool (which obviously excludes torture) to protect the lives of our forces. Sad fact is that propaganda and information control are accepted tools of armed struggle. I can't imagine any thoughtful American advocating that our commanders not do everything humanely possible in their power to protect our troops. A big problem here is that the hubris of the neocons allowed such sloppy work of it.

Two factors are making this play badly: The globalization of media and the fact that BushCo tried running this same horseshit for domestic consumption.

An informed electorate that is made up of savvy media consumers would mitigate the domestic effect of this militarized pr. Such an electorate would also send the neocons home or back to their think tanks to retool the malarky.  ¶ 12/04/2005 04:33:00 PM