Noah Shachtman at Danger Room reports that while the Pentagon has banned soldiers from accessing YouTube, MySpace, and other social networking sites, it will give officials with the Multinational Force (MNF) in Iraq a waiver so that they can continue to maintain the MNF YouTube channel.
Turning on the military isn’t going to be good for the neocons… Don’t they understand what we’ve trained those brave people to defend?
May 17th, 2007 at 6:42 pmYes, keep the propaganda channel going.
May 17th, 2007 at 6:50 pmControlling the message and the access to the information, just like the democracies of yore. Of course, back then they called it “tyrannical regimes” or “dictatorship” or “oppressive monarchies”.
To quote lyrics written by Kris Kristofferson and brought to life beautifully by Janice Joplin; “Freedom’s just another word for ‘nothing left to lose’”. From what I can see, we are almost at a state of complete freedom.
Welcome to the U.S.S.A.
May 17th, 2007 at 7:35 pmrepublicans and their apologists can burn in hell with falwell.
May 17th, 2007 at 7:46 pmThis is Stalingrad! The front on the Volga!
May 17th, 2007 at 8:12 pmWe have the right to see our way of life being defended, and the best form of defence is attack!
May 18th, 2007 at 9:10 amEvery successful strike never kills the bad guys, just civilians – no weapon! – no bad guy!-instant role reversal!
Every -role reversal- should be challenged – counter such claims-an eye for an eye!
Every time I see the determination of your troops on the you-tube, I thank God for their tennacity in keeping the wolf from our doorstep.