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Cimarron29414 · 07-26-2010, 07:04 AM

As a student of WWII, I am always surprised at our modern take on warfare and the propaganda surrounding it. I have no illusions about the difficulty of war, the death (sometimes unnecessary and innocent), or that the information surrounding military operations is managed by the department making war. I have not read these documents, and I won't. In short, I don't have clearance to read them, so I'm not supposed to see them.

My opinion of this theatre of operations is that we have become distracted by other untimely operations and this operation should have been brought to its conclusion years ago in a concentrated effort. Dragging it out has been costly to all involved and there is a strong political element to the length of this operation and the difficulty in concluding it.

As to that political element: There is little doubt these documents were obtained illegally and published by people who are against the war. These people believe their publication will hinder the efforts of our military, increase opposition to this operation, and ultimately remove coalition presence from Afghanistan. Most who will read these documents are already against the war and will read them in order to bolster their objections.

Because of this leak, troops will be in greater danger. Their missions will be harder and the risk of protracted engagements with even more civilian casualties will rise. So, little is gained from their distribution. Well, except the media just made another shit-ton of money off us suckers, who can't get enough "information".

07-26-2010, 07:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	As a student of WWII, I am always surprised at our modern take on warfare and the propaganda surrounding it. I have no illusions about the difficulty of war, the death (sometimes unnecessary and innocent), or that the information surrounding military operations is managed by the department making war. I have not read these documents, and I won't. In short, I don't have clearance to read them, so I'm not supposed to see them. My opinion of this theatre of operations is that we have become distracted by other untimely operations and this operation should have been brought to its conclusion years ago in a concentrated effort. Dragging it out has been costly to all involved and there is a strong political element to the length of this operation and the difficulty in concluding it. As to that political element: There is little doubt these documents were obtained illegally and published by people who are against the war. These people believe their publication will hinder the efforts of our military, increase opposition to this operation, and ultimately remove coalition presence from Afghanistan. Most who will read these documents are already against the war and will read them in order to bolster their objections. Because of this leak, troops will be in greater danger. Their missions will be harder and the risk of protracted engagements with even more civilian casualties will rise. So, little is gained from their distribution. Well, except the media just made another shit-ton of money off us suckers, who can't get enough "information". __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly." Last edited by Cimarron29414; 07-26-2010 at 12:46 PM..