Fighting off the net

[unixronin]

In which the US military — or some of it, at least — grasps the concept that the very latest trappings of military technology are no substitute for direct on-the-ground human intelligence and actually making a human connection to the locals.

Why do we have to keep re-learning the simple lesson that you can't defeat an insurgency without the help and support of the locals?

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[jilara.livejournal.com]

That's what PsyOps was created for. Unfortunately, there seems to have been a breakdown of the mission statement, over the years, mostly by folks who saw the division as a personal power trip, rather than an organizational mission.