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How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."

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  • Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:22 PM

    @ rrheard

    Shooter please name the tangible benefits "we the people" have reaped from the umpteen trillions spent on funding and using our standing military across foreign lands in the last 50 years?

    Perhaps you should sit down. Comfy?
    I agree with you.
    It's why I've called for a return of all our troops around the world.(except for Iraq) We do not have the will to win, so why bother trying? Let the Koreas duke it out, let Israel conquer the Mideast, and let the Russians take over the Balkans again. It's not our business, and I'm more than happy to let the little brown peeps fend for themselves, while we take care of our own business.

    The benefits of such a policy are profound: No more casualties, save enough to pay off all debt, have the love of the rest of the world for leaving them alone. I'm all for it.

    PS. I usually play midweek. It's much less crowded.

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