The War is Lost

...and we don't have the Democrats to thank for it, we have the Army brass to thank for it, for their new policy effectively blocks the truth from getting out and forces the world to rely on biased editors and leftist journalists to tell them their version of the truth.

The new policy states Army personnel must:

Consult with their immediate supervisor and their OPSEC Officer for an OPSEC review prior to publishing or posting information in a public forum.(1) This includes, but is not limited to letters, resumes, articles for publication, electronic mail (e-mail), Web site postings, web log (blog) postings, discussion in Internet information forums, discussion in Internet message boards or other forms of dissemination or documentation.

Not only that but the new policy expands the definition of Army personnel to:

All Soldiers, Department of the Army (DA) Civilians, Department of Defense (DOD) contractors, and family members.

This is it friends...the milblogs are dead and along with it, all public support for the good things being done every day by our troops on the ground, and we have only the brass to thank for it. What Al Qaida in Iraq couldn't do with VBIEDs they did with a word processor and a complete lack of understanding of the need to win the information war.

In a war where CENTCOM and DoD is losing the Information War this policy is the wrong way to go. As Matt Burden editor of The Blog of War and founder of Blackfive.net notes: "this reg will accomplish the exact opposite of its intent. The good guys are restricted and the bad continue on..."

I couldn't agree more.

This should be a major topic of discussion at the Centcom Discussion at the upcoming Milblog Conference this Saturday.


Trackbacked by:
Techography - The End of Active Duty Army MilBlogs?
MountainRunner - Information Warfare
Iraq War Today - Muzzling the Military