RE: [iwar] Information Warfare Explained
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:03:47 -0700
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Subject: RE: [iwar] Information Warfare Explained
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At 10:11 AM 8/24/00 +0200, Riccardo Sibilia wrote:
>Tony,
>
> > Choosing to be ignorant is a liberty. Enforcing ignorance is
> > a different matter.
>
>You are right in the facts, but IMHO a little - but essential - bit off topic.
>This here is about information warfare. Arresting people because they tune in
>to the "wrong" radio stations is a matter of civil rights, not information
>warfare.
I agree. I was responding to Fred's observation on liberties and strife.
>On the other hand, making people choose deliberately to be ignorant
>is quite a result, if you consider it as a PSYOPS (ops, sorry, I think you
>call that perception management :o) ).
>
>So, not every country's leader is confident to succeed this way, and
>many use the traditional methods (arresting...). The skilled leader however
>tries to accomplish this the soft way described above, because it rewards him
>with increased support.
Yes, and every country or leadership is free to engage in either mode
of "information management" to some degree. The former mode is a better
guarantee that the presentation of a single viewpoint is "enforced", although
the obvious signs of such enforcement breed cynicism and distrust of the
leadership. The latter mode avoids being so obvious, but relies less upon
strict enforcement than upon "laws of averages" (most citizens are too lazy
to seek deeper for truth.)
___tony___
Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881
Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94551-9900
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