propaganda

Lies and cover-ups in the name of force protection

by Paul Woodward 04.05.2010

When a leaked US Army report recently revealed that the military regards Wikileaks as a potential force protection threat, the leak not only exposed the army’s fears but it also shed light on the breadth of this concept: force protection. From the Pentagon’s perspective, protecting American troops and making sure they stay out of harm’s [...]

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OPINION: Terrorism, Iraq, and the facts on the ground

by Paul Woodward 01.30.2008

Normalizing air war from Guernica to Arab Jabour By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, January 29, 2008 For those who know something about the history of air power, which, since World War II, has been lodged at the heart of the American Way of War, that 100,000 figure [-- the quantity of explosives dropped on Arab Jabour [...]

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OPINION & EDITOR’S COMMENT: How to lose the battle for hearts and minds

by Paul Woodward 01.24.2008

Rummy resurfaces, calls for U.S. propaganda agency By Sharon Weinberger, Wired, January 23, 2008 One of the many things I love about Donald Rumsfeld is that he’s totally unrepentant. Back in 2001, the Pentagon under his leadership created the controversial Office of Strategic Influence, which was closed down just a few months later after its [...]

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