They need to find their roots
It was a tragedy that Israel targeted a structure occupied with civilians over half being small children, our heart and prayers go out to their families. However, this form of warfare is exactly what the Hezbollah have been striving for; to them this collateral damage is the coupés de grace in their physiological media warfare front, the mortal blow, being accused of war crimes. Israel may be a major force within the military field of the Middle East, but they vastly underestimated the Hezbollah’s military strength and physiological tactics. The Hezbollah has had a substantial amount of time to prepare for the onslaught of Israeli forces and it is more than evident they put this time to excellent use in honing their physiological tactics. I for one have followed the battles with an eye not on the military objective, but on the true grail, the media repercussions. For Israel to prevail in a latest conflict they will need a lot more than the military strength they have refined so well since the formation of the Hezbollah, they will need their capabilities to create a publicity event out of devastation. To do this they will need to discover the qualities, which created Israel, the ability to maneuver the media from a devastating event or point of reference to the other side of the spectrum. The Israeli intelligence unit, the Mossad should have realized what the IDF would be up against, their underestimating the military strength of the Hezbollah was evident, but the fact they did not even realize or understand age-old guerrilla tactics was unforgivable. A guerrilla fighter can create a positive event from a negative, i.e. firing rockets within a city, the IDF targeting the city and destroying it, the guerrilla offering to rebuild gaining the trust and support of the city. Granted, that is a classic example taken straight from textbooks, but it serves to demonstrate the basic concepts. Israel must learn to create positive media from the negative, but they have become far too Americanized to accomplish this. They too now suffer from the political correctness of the world, but unlike their past, now they subscribe to what their wrath brings forth among the people. They will need to find their roots to overcome what they are now facing and they need to find them soon. 
2 comments:
WHY, should a country HAVE to subscribe to M.E.D.I.A. maneuvers to win a gotdam war anyway ?? Who says that the media should have any other aspect and responsibilty to play in a war, other than to report the F.A.C.T.S. ??
If the NYTimes has anythang to do with the War On Terror, then we have already lost !!
What part of "if you aint with us, then you are against us" do these fish-wrap sunzabitches not understand ??
Those assholes that folks read in the papers every day, and place all their faith in, dont have enuff sense to find their own way home after dark !! Why ?? Why, would anybody trust em to give good advice on the WOT ?? For the life of me, I caint understand why anyone would listen to a damn word they say, after they have been proven to be agenda driven, and their gotdam agenda dont include anythang good for the U.S. !!
Wild Bill, I totally agree with you on this one. The problem as I have been preaching constantly is not winning wars any longer. It is winning the media and that is the totall BS of the worl status as we speak. The hezbollah walked Israel right into this one, from the top and they took the bait. I hate it as much as you, but the world has gone to hell, Ranter
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