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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR

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To: Just_Observing who wrote (7404)	2/11/2003 7:39:03 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (4) of 25898

as "Rumsfeld and his senior aides are revising missions and creating new agencies to make 'information warfare' a central element of any US war." "Information warfare" blurs the line between distributing factual information and psychological warfare. During the current buildup against Iraq, for example, the Bush administration's statements have been calculated to create confusion about whether an actual US invasion is imminent. Such confusion can be a useful weapon against an enemy, forcing Saddam Hussein to divide his efforts between diplomatic initiatives and military preparations. The confusion is so complete, however, that even the American people have little idea what their leaders are actually planning. This brings up the question of whether the news outlets have been ordered under secret penalty to lie to the public. This could explain, for example, why no American media has reported that Powell's new secret evidence was just a plagarized 12 year old college paper. 64.239.13.64 Do you suppose they said they would withhold further information, or will they really make journalists that report the facts disappear like an enemy combatant? TP

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