The Propagandists (Pentagon ordering on-leave soldiers to "sell" war)

The propagandists

CHB is reporting that the Pentagon has been ordering soldiers on leave from Iraq to sell the war, and the Bush administration, to their local press. One Reservist even claimed to have been promised an early discharge for doing "a good job selling the war." Talking points to look out for (these will sound familiar):

In interviews with a number of reservists home for the holidays, a pattern emerges on the Pentagon’s propaganda effort. Soldiers are encouraged to contact their local news media outlets to offer interviews about the war. A detailed set of talking points encourages them to:

--Admit initial doubts about the war but claim conversion to a belief in the American mission;

--Praise military leadership in Iraq and throw in a few words of support for the Bush administration;

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http://www.reidreport.com/blog/

Let's keep this in mind as we see interviews with soldiers in our local papers, or on C-Span--they had some on last night--or on the b.s. cablenews channels.

... between spying on us and *s iron-fisted control of press, I bet no soldier comes to their local press to say what's really going on.
:sarcasm:



Is that even possible?

And it's possible for a young soldier to be naive enough to believe it!

And then it's possible for the Pentagon to renege and claim something like, "Oh, sorry, red tape and all that... it seems the officer who promised you that didn't actually have the authority to promise it... blah blah blah..."

I mean, that's the sort of thing they do when recruiting these 18 and 19-yr-olds, so...

Remember soldiers were sending in hundreds of identical LTE's to all the papers?

know this!