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<blockquote data-quote="Zena" data-source="post: 3119329" data-attributes="member: 107130"><p>Agreed it&#039;s not new. What&#039;s different is the strategic importance it plays.&nbsp; In prior generations of warfare, propaganda was used to drum up support on the home front and in the ranks to increase the morale of the men and encourage them to fight.&nbsp; It&#039;s purpose was to assist tactical success on the battlefield.&nbsp; Today, it&#039;s used as end to itself, where battlefield tactics are designed not for battlefield success, but for strategic propaganda success.&nbsp; Roadside bombings are a good example.&nbsp; The roadside IED that destroys a truck and kills a soldier or two does almost nothing to erode the combat effectiveness of a western military.&nbsp; Instead, it ensures a stream of negative reporting on CNN and BBC which in turn affects the political support for the war.&nbsp; You see it&#039;s reversed now.&nbsp; Propaganda used to be a tool to support success on the battlefield.&nbsp; Now, success on the battlefield is secondary to success in the political arena at home and propaganda becomes the reason for initiating a tactical operation.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Zena, post: 3119329, member: 107130"] Agreed it's not new. What's different is the strategic importance it plays. In prior generations of warfare, propaganda was used to drum up support on the home front and in the ranks to increase the morale of the men and encourage them to fight. It's purpose was to assist tactical success on the battlefield. Today, it's used as end to itself, where battlefield tactics are designed not for battlefield success, but for strategic propaganda success. Roadside bombings are a good example. The roadside IED that destroys a truck and kills a soldier or two does almost nothing to erode the combat effectiveness of a western military. Instead, it ensures a stream of negative reporting on CNN and BBC which in turn affects the political support for the war. You see it's reversed now. Propaganda used to be a tool to support success on the battlefield. Now, success on the battlefield is secondary to success in the political arena at home and propaganda becomes the reason for initiating a tactical operation. [/QUOTE]

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