Why US lost the Infowar in Paki

Recently on twitter I had an exchange of
tweetes with a Pakistani living here in
the US.

Most of the discussion was over the
arrest of Davis.
He was very sincere and held his
views from the heart, adamant
and sure of himself and information.

And his belief system was loaded
with propaganda and lies, which
he completely believed. He had no
sources, he had just read it all over
the WWW. And HE lives in the US.

He had no concept of checking sources,
or even what an authoritative source was.

There is an unstated paradigm on the WWW
I've talked about before,
A lie repeated on the WWW,
enough times,
in enough places.
over an long enough time
Becomes the popular 'TRUTH'.

A recent example I've run into
recently is Davis was working
with/for the Taliban.

And its believed in Pakistan.
I checked the Pakistan defense forum
and the Taliban Infowar has penetrated
even there.

Now be sure its not the Taliban sites
pumping out this propaganda,
its front groups, pumping out
" a nationalism pro-Pakistan "
line, and its just the Taliban speel
repackaged under a "nationalism"
Banner.
http://www.PakNationalists.com

And if its penetrated the Pakistan defense
forum, then they won the Infowar.

The US military Paradigm doesn't
fully recognize the Cyber element as
a domain yet, they give lip service
but are not really serious.

The US military run the Infowar
as and after thought, an adjunct
minor force multiplier.

Like its part of a Psyops unit.
And they are pushing the Infowar
psyops concept on all fronts.

And Pakistan is going to teach them
a new paradigm.
In Pakistan the Infowar troops are
as valuable as the "REAL" troops
in the field.

The Paki, ISI, Taliban cyber Infowar
troops are winning, may have won
already.

If you have good cyber Infowar troops
you might not even have to have "REAL"
troops fighting on the ground.

What do these Infowar cyber troops do?
I don't fear the terrorists,
I fear their unanswered lies.
Paki's know their Government is
corrupt but even that is blamed on
the Americans.

The Infowar in Paki is blaming
the US for the Taliban suicide bombings.
And its being believed.

Cyber troops answer these lies,
with truth, logic and confront the
propaganda.

Propaganda, no matter how false,
will be believed,
posted to enough places,
enough times,
over a long enough period.

Reference Hitlers Big lie.

Cyber Infowar troops hunt down
these lies and answer them.
Confront the liars every time,
every where,
and for as long as they post them.

How many "Real" troops does US
have in Afpak? Around 130,000
and how many defending the Truth
maybe 100 and those are concentrated
on tracking down perps.

The psyops arm has gotten stronger
more wide ranging but still is a red head
step child. Not quite trusted or believed.

If the US military machine had 5000
cyber Infowar warriors posting
I doubt there would be this doubt about
Davis working with/for the Taliban.

The US military still doesn't take
the Infowar domain seriously.
The Infowar has to be in hand
before you can bring in civilian
SysAdmin.

The military does have some grasp
of the operational capabilities,
They have software to create 100's of
fictitious personalties on the social media
Sites, to entrap wana bees.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/
jihadis-next-online-buddy-could-be-a-soldier/

There is only 5 or 8 cities in Afpak
hooked to the WWW, and the indigenous
reporters are influenced by what they read.
And reflect it in their writing.

The Paki Ummah are not stupid, but
have been duped, because US cyber Infowar
force is MIA, The insurgents have an unobstructed
playing field.

The same principles that Anwar al-Awlaki uses
to recruit lone wolf players, applies to the Paki
people but on a different level and scope.

The hate and anger the Paki people feel towards
Davis isn't because of him or even generated by
him, its towards America from the unanswered
Nationalistic, insurgent propaganda.

Same tacit the GOP use in most elections,
they cut off programs for the poor but
still get their votes.
Anti- min. wage, health care, unions, heating,
etc, and write bills to give Billionaires tax breaks
during a recession, and still the poor and middle
class vote for them.

If the Military Cyber Info troops could
win hearts and minds, or even sway them
to the truth, support for the Taliban would
fall and casualties would fall.

US military has won every battle,
defeats every army,
repels every attack,
but lost the Paki people.
The US definitely hasn't lost,
but they haven't won.

And the time to go home is rapidly
approaching.

The troops need a cyber info guard,
a sizable force, telling the truth,
or the Lies, propaganda
posted enough
over a long enough time
and in enough places
becomes the popular truth.

And we have the current situation
in Pakistan.
US is very reasonable, logical,
fair and civil.
But thats NOT the perception
in Pakistan.

In Pakistan US is viewed as
evil, killing civilians, and working
with the Taliban.

Its nutz, but I think its an accurate
read. Good paradigm Intel.


Gerald
War Anthropologist

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