The US is losing the propaganda war against al-Qaeda and other enemies, defence chief Donald Rumsfeld has said.
so lemme get this straight: the government with the most pervasive propaganda set-up in the world is losing the propaganda war against a - for all intents and purposes - non-existent organisation that they themselves invented as a propaganda device to create the conditions for war
"Our enemies have skilfully adapted to fighting wars in today's media age, but... our country has not," he said.
Mr Rumsfeld said al-Qaeda and other Islamic extremists were bombarding Muslims with negative images of the West, which had poisoned the public view of the US.
The US must fight back by operating a more effective, 24-hour propaganda machine, or risk a "dangerous deficiency," he said.
seremtan wrote:
so lemme get this straight: the government with the most pervasive propaganda set-up in the world is losing the propaganda war against a - for all intents and purposes - non-existent organisation that they themselves invented as a propaganda device to create the conditions for war
sounds like more propaganda...
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
