The Parallel Universe that is the MSM:Hearts and Minds: Pentagon-style

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Slightly off-topic here, but not entirely. Yesterday's fNYT offered up a scarey little story on its front page. Hope this clarifies for anyone still in doubt as to just what we are up against, and what we are dealing with here; though once again, the fNYT is wrong about at least one thing: this is much, much worse than the "credibility gap" of the Vietnam Era. This is full-scale fascism.

Hearts and Minds: Pentagon Weighs Use of Deception in a Broad Arena
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - The Pentagon is engaged in bitter,
high-level debate over how far it can and should go in
managing or manipulating information to influence opinion
abroad, senior Defense Department civilians and military
officers say.

Such missions, if approved, could take the deceptive
techniques endorsed for use on the battlefield to confuse
an adversary and adopt them for covert propaganda campaigns
aimed at neutral and even allied nations.

Critics of the proposals say such deceptive missions could
shatter the Pentagon's credibility, leaving the American
public and a world audience skeptical of anything the
Defense Department and military say - a repeat of the
credibility gap that roiled America during the Vietnam War.


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/politics/13info.html?ex=1104036910&ei=1&en=35359e1c6f07d2c9