In an interview this week, RFE's Mr. Kimmage said they have presented the media study to both the House and Senate intelligence committees and to government national security agencies. Reactions range from "wow" to "we already know all that." In any event, what would they do? This is propaganda on an unprecedented scale.
...The answer--technical or political--is not obvious to me. But the one unacceptable answer is doing nothing.
Yet "nothing" appears to be a cornerstone of our information strategy, at least as far as we can tell. Jihadist websites (and other media outlets) grown like mushrooms after a spring rain, spreading the message to potential recruits across the Muslim world. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration has trouble articulating a consistent, decisive message on the war, causing public and political support to evaporate. And, at the same time, the military is cracking down on bloggers within its ranks, while trying to curry favor with MSM reporters who are overwhelmingly against the war.
If there's a method to our information "madness," someone please explain it to me.
