Propagandizing the Conservative Mind

The Best Ambassadors
How American troops are making some unlikely friends.
by Jeff Emanuel

I read this which was linked as recommended reading by Michael Yon. Right wingers love that guy. If this is what he and other wannabe neo-cons
really believe is important in objectively covering the war based
on lies, then somebody call the Orwellian doctor because
baby, we've got a problem.

Here are some of my favorite excerpts if you don't want to take
the time to read this propaganda.

"We were offered an irresistible opportunity: free transportation to the front line of the war, dramatic pictures, dramatic sounds, great quotes," said Tom Gjelten of NPR. "Who can pass that up?"
Exactly, who in their right mind would pass that up?

They had spent two weeks amongst the troops there, living with them and going on missions with them, including house-to-house searches and seizures.

"I love those guys," Beriain said, looking wistfully out the window of the media cloister in the Green Zone that is CPIC. "From the first time you go kick a door with them, they accept you--you're one of them. I've even got a 'family photo' with them" to remember them by. "I really hated to leave."
You see, the journalist becomes part of the occupying force.

It doesn't matter how skeptical of the war a journalist might be, according to an Army public affairs officer (PAO) who spoke with me on condition of anonymity. "So often, they come out of that experience and--even if their opinion of the war hasn't changed--they're completely won over by the troops."

"He had tears in his eyes as he talked about it," the PAO said. "He just kept saying, 'they saved my life, they saved my life these are great men; they are heroes.'"

The former claim though, that reporters will be overly sympathetic to the troops, does ring true to a degree; the debate on that count, then, is whether that is actually a bad thing.
Would these right wingers who have drank all the red kool-aid respect a journalist who embedded themselves with the insurgency? I'd have to wager, no.

Jeff Emanuel, a special operations military veteran who served in Iraq, is a leadership fellow with the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia, where he also studies Classics. In addition, he is an associate director of RedState.com and a columnist for the Athens, GA Banner-Herald newspaper.

This is my favorite part.

Again, I've mentioned this before and this is why I linked to this article. It sits in such dark contrast to what I believe is the truth. If you'd like to see an incredible eye opening documentary on the very topic, watch War Made Easy. Click on the link to watch the film on Google video.

War Made Easy