Burgundy Burner
June-3rd-2008, 07:34 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_go_co/pentagon_propaganda;_ylt=Aln17xV2iMmNEmyj_QI6Bm6yF z4D
Personally, I see this as Congressional dems wanting to seek to limit positive war news.
Yep, we can't have good news from any war get leaked to public - that is bad. And the dems continue to wonder why they can't get the military vote. With this piece of junk legislation, expect to lose the presidential election once again libs/dems. And we thought Uncle Harry and Aunt Nancy were going to lower the oil/gas prices. Yep, love them priorites.
Here are some snippets from the article:
Congressional Democrats want to ban Pentagon propaganda on the Iraq war, but they are likely to find that enforcement is easier said than done.
Last month, the House passed legislation to prohibit the military from engaging in "any form of communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes or behavior of the people of the United States in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly."
New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, who co-sponsored the House bill with Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said the recent House legislation shouldn't affect the Pentagon's day-to-day operations, including factual updates on the war given to the media. (Yep, all dems).
Not everyone on Capitol Hill agrees the military overstepped its bounds. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a tireless advocate of Bush's policies in Iraq, says the military was fairly trying to promote what it saw as the facts on the ground.
"The idea that we call the people who disagree with us propagandists" and those who agree "great seers and statesmen and philosophers doesn't make any sense," said Hunter, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.
Personally, I see this as Congressional dems wanting to seek to limit positive war news.
Yep, we can't have good news from any war get leaked to public - that is bad. And the dems continue to wonder why they can't get the military vote. With this piece of junk legislation, expect to lose the presidential election once again libs/dems. And we thought Uncle Harry and Aunt Nancy were going to lower the oil/gas prices. Yep, love them priorites.
Here are some snippets from the article:
Congressional Democrats want to ban Pentagon propaganda on the Iraq war, but they are likely to find that enforcement is easier said than done.
Last month, the House passed legislation to prohibit the military from engaging in "any form of communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes or behavior of the people of the United States in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly."
New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, who co-sponsored the House bill with Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said the recent House legislation shouldn't affect the Pentagon's day-to-day operations, including factual updates on the war given to the media. (Yep, all dems).
Not everyone on Capitol Hill agrees the military overstepped its bounds. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a tireless advocate of Bush's policies in Iraq, says the military was fairly trying to promote what it saw as the facts on the ground.
"The idea that we call the people who disagree with us propagandists" and those who agree "great seers and statesmen and philosophers doesn't make any sense," said Hunter, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.