Before I get into this week’s post, I would like to extend a
very big thank you to Psychological Operations Qualification Course Class
05/06-12 for the honor of being their graduation speaker last week and to the
faculty and staff of the JFK Special Warfare center.
A special thank you goes to 5th Battalion for
their gracious hospitality.
Now – on to this week’s posting - - -
I subscribe to the Economist because I like an ‘unAmerican’
view. As a British publication they often say what would be politically
unacceptable in America. During my time at SFOR in Bosnia I often referred to the
Economist as ‘the answer key’ because it explained what happened in Bosnia the
week before in such a way that made sense. Something I couldn’t do because I
was in the thick of it.
However, not all foreign (in this case non-US media is so
benign. One of my sources sent me a link to a foreign publication in which an
article on the Boston Marathon bombing concluded: “In short, I believe the
Boston Marathon bombing has all the signs of an OP: a psyop, a false-flag
operation that is one more grizzly event in the marathon of mind control
imposed by the U.S. government on its own citizens to justify its
ever-expanding security/police state, and divert attention from the
ever-shrinking civil rights held by the people” (See http://www.tehrantimes.com/yuram-writings/106956-psyops-mind-control-marathon-and-boston-bombings
which is also the photo source.)
The article walks through events surrounding the bombing and
alludes to “Western Propaganda” and distortion of the events surrounding the
bombing throughout.
The point is not whether the article is pure journalism or
whether it is Iranian state sponsored propaganda, the source is the Tehran
Times of course, but that we in PSYOP/MISO need to be on top of what key
foreign media are saying and if possible to be on the lookout for measures of
effectiveness that show whether or not their message is getting across.
3 comments:
Great speech at the graduation!
You mentioned AC/RC and the re-mixing of the two. Any actual word on this happening soon?
Great speech for the graduation!
You mentioned AC/RC re-mixing, any actual word on this?
@Anon,
Unfortunately, I don't have any real insight into the current situation or any time frame.
LDD
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