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Headlines : IraqPentagon propaganda program orders soldiers to promote Iraq war while home
According to reporting by Capitol Hill Blue, the U.S. military is engaging in a propaganda campaign at home, encouraging soldiers returning from Iraq to present a positive image of the war effort. However, there are certainly consequences for doing the exact opposite.
“‘I’ve been promised an early release if I do a good job promoting the war,’ says one reservist who asked not to be identified.”
[Posted By Colin]Republished from Capitol Hill Blue
Good soldiers follow orders and hundreds of American military men and women returned to the United States on holiday leave this month with orders to sell the Iraq war to a skeptical public.
The program, coordinated through a Pentagon operation dubbed “Operation Homefront,” ordered military personnel to give interviews to their hometown newspapers, television stations and other media outlets and praise the American war effort in Iraq.
Initial reports back to the Pentagon deem the operation a success with dozens of front page stories in daily and weekly newspapers around the country along with upbeat reports on local television stations.
“We’ve learned as a military how to do this better,” Captain David Diaz, a military reservist, told his hometown paper, The Roanoke (VA) Times. “My worry is that we have the right military strategy and political strategies now but the patience of the American public is wearing thin.”
When pressed by the paper on whether or not his commanding officers told him to talk to the press, Diaz admitted he was “encouraged” to do so. So reporter Duncan Adams asked:
“Did Diaz return to the U.S. on emergency leave with an agenda — to offer a positive spin that could help counter growing concerns…
Posted by Colin
"When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist."
- Dom H. Camara
classic us military, propaganda here propaganda in iraq, never tell the truth at all costs. we should all be proud of the example the military sets of good ol’ american values.
spin, spin, spin. If the fucking war was so righteous you wouldn’t need all the propaganda, it would sell itself.
Wow. Nice find. These slimebuckets have no shame and we know they have no shame but whenever the latest offense rolls in it still manages to boggle the mind.
What do you think most US Americans think the “Mission” in Iraq is? Do they think it’s bringing freedom and democracy? Can people out there really still believe that?
Where I work people, when Bush Bombed Bagdhad, people weren’t embarrassed to celebrate how great it was going to be for the economy. I don’t think these people are unusual. I get the impression they qualify as Normal.
Is there some tacit aggreement coming down that this is the mission in Iraq and when the MIC wants people to believe it’s being successful what they mean for people to understand is that it is still serving as a positive force for the US economy?
i’m never sure how much i trust Capitol Hill Blue. i mean, they always have the juiciest, most interesting stories, for sure, i’m just not sure how accurate any of them really are.
Sounds awfully believable to moi. Remember when they popped the story of Bush being on pharmaceuticals? I thought that was believable too.
it’s not a matter of their stories sounding believable, it’s more about them being verifiable…
i guess i’d like another source other than them to break the same story.
Hey! Let’s ask JoeB!