Info Ops

Here's a worthwhile article on information operations. On the one hand, finally, there's a recognition that the enemy is engaged in information operations, that there needs to be some critical reflection regarding what they do and how they do it, that there's a strategy underlying their behavior. On the other hand, that's treated with equivalence to information ops American forces engage in. The difference is American forces are trying to influence the way articles are placed by, you know, influencing the way articles are placed, while the enemy are trying to influence the way articles are placed by staging events -- meaning by killing people.

It ain't quite the same thing.

Comments

[AMac]

Bill Roggio adds an interesting perspective to the cited WaPo article

[AMac]

ThreatsWatch URL didn't take in the 7:02PM comment. Here it is:

http://commentary.threatswatch.org/2005/12/disinformation-operations/