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2007-02-09 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-02-09 05:53|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They realized it's not worth it. The press only reports press releases from our enemies.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-02-09 06:43|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-09 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Press Releases

Posted by ed 2007-02-09 07:03|| 2007-02-09 07:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe it will force the reporters to do something other than get a press release from Centcom and then read it on the air and act like they have done some real work. Didn't they formerly call this the news by "Rip N. Read"? They ripped the news off of the teletype and read it on the air.

Posted by whatadeal 2007-02-09 08:18|| 2007-02-09 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 yep they changed the web page on and about the 30th. The info is there somewhere.

rant, mini

I'm not breaking news when I say that in general The DOD has dropped the information WOT ball big time.

Why the hell the DOD hasn't placed more importance on helping we [as in us], the pro America citizens, our Armed Forces personal and the pro America non-citizens to defend America and buoy up its standing against the relentless barrage by the MSM and the pro Jihadi anti-American forces in the world is a blindly stupid missed opportunity and crime.

There has to be mountains of gun camera footage, combat camera footage and other testimonials that can pass the OP-SEC test. If not then they better start today. better way late than never.

The TV pentagon channel thingy was designed by a committee of dull engineers. All PhDs mind you but if given the time would squeeze so much light out of our Sun that it would refuse to rise in the morning.

Posted by RD 2007-02-09 08:35|| 2007-02-09 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Frustrates me too. OTOH, one traditional strength of our military is that they stay non-political as a group. Individual opinions, yes. But Vietnam was so politicized and the pre-emptive move into Iraq was so controversial they've gone overboard in the opposite direction.

Posted by DOD observer 2007-02-09 09:39|| 2007-02-09 09:39|| Front Page Top

#6 The TV pentagon channel thingy was designed by a committee of dull engineers.

Not thinking out of the box. There are dozens if not hundreds of troops out there assembling YouTube type videos on off the shelf gear that are making vids and blogs that are raw but certainly better than the processed junk. It communicates with their generation. It's the old company clerk, if you could type, regardless of your assigned 'specialty' you became the clerk. The puzzle palace should have been scarffing up these kids and with some techs with polishing skills been generating the 'Big Story' via the media the young generation works with instead of trying to deal with the dead tree MSM. They just don't get it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-09 11:18|| 2007-02-09 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Or, what they saw were the photos out of Abu Ghraib etc. and decided not to encourage that stuff.

Wrong risk they took IMO, but I understand it.

Posted by DOD observer 2007-02-09 11:37|| 2007-02-09 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Calm down! Every time there is a "Change in Command" the new General sets his agenda in place. This is part of the new guys agenda or lack thereof.

Posted by Closh Omavilet8728 2007-02-09 12:21|| 2007-02-09 12:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks, Ed (#2). The old site, access from DefendAmerica.mil was -

http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Lists/Press%20Releases/Current%20Releases.aspx

The new one is uscentcom2 (etc).

Apparently the defendamerica folks haven't updated their link.

Posted by Bobby 2007-02-09 12:47|| 2007-02-09 12:47|| Front Page Top

#10 When I opened the links on the CentCom PR page my computer prompted me to open Visual Studio to look at some .aspx file.

Something is screwed up, and I don't think it's me.

Posted by Penguin 2007-02-09 14:42|| 2007-02-09 14:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Closh Omavilet8728 #8 Calm down!

How 'bout Shut Up!

Posted by RD 2007-02-09 21:17|| 2007-02-09 21:17|| Front Page Top

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