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No, I was stationed as security for a PsyOps team in Gardez, Afghanistan for four months in 2003.
by 5trokerac3 7y ago
No, I was stationed as security for a PsyOps team in Gardez, Afghanistan for four months in 2003.
- diminoten 7y agoSounds like one particular viewpoint that, while somewhat relevant, doesn't actually shed much light into this vastly different (both geographically and temporally) situation. Don't close your mind just because you know of one instance of the thing being discussed; you anchor yourself to a specific point in time.
- 5trokerac3 7y ago"Winning hearts and minds" isn't a bad thing on its own - NATO forces are objectively better than islamic extremists like ISIS and the Taliban - but acting like our military is wholly altruistic is naive at best and purposefully disingenuous at worst.
- diminoten 7y agoNo one here was acting like anyone's military was wholly altruistic...
- navigatesol 7y ago>Don't close your mind just because you know of one instance of the thing being discussed; you anchor yourself to a specific point in time. Person with zero experience lecturing someone who actually performed the role, in service of the country, is such a HackerNews thing. Bonus points for referring to their real-life experience as "somewhat relevant".
- diminoten 7y agoThe fact that you think this person performed the PsyOps role means your lack of reading comprehension undermines your scolding tone. But please, tell me more about what a "HackerNews" thing this is.
- AcerbicZero 7y agoI suspect very few people have any first hand experience with "PSYOP" (MISO now). Its mostly reservists, they were kicked out of SOCOM for a reason (the reservists at least), and Civil Affairs does all the stuff people actually care about anyway. The real manipulation of a population is being undertaken at levels so far outside that military structure, its almost unrecognizable.