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  <title>Comments for Annoying officer attitudes, #34,565</title>
  <subtitle>We&apos;re the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost.  All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT,  and KA 2003-2010</subtitle>
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    <published>2006-08-15T12:02:38Z</published>
    <updated>2006-11-11T16:53:38Z</updated>
    <title>Annoying officer attitudes, #34,565</title>
    <summary>This is a great picture. It&apos;s clever. It&apos;s funny (especially to a combat zone resident). It&apos;s also very counter-productive from an Information Operations perspective. It plays right into the hands of the enemy, like it or not. If I were an officer in that chain of command responsible for that vehicle, I&apos;d feel compelled to do something about it. Probably not enough as far as a resident of Foggy Bottom or a MSM talking head is concerned, but a change that would make a 180-degree difference in the take-away from the pic.* H/t, Strategy Page. *When digitally manipulating pictures (as...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>This is a <b><a href="http://www.fototime.com/9397968EB4C5C4C/orig.jpg">great picture</a></b>.</p>

<p>It's clever.  It's funny (especially to a combat zone resident).  It's also very counter-productive from an Information Operations perspective.</p>

<p>It plays right into the hands of the enemy, like it or not.</p>

<p>If I were an officer in that chain of command responsible for that vehicle, I'd feel compelled to do something about it.</p>

<p>Probably not enough as far as a resident of Foggy Bottom or a MSM talking head is concerned, but a change that would make a 180-degree difference in the take-away from the pic.*</p>

<p><img src="http://www.fototime.com/77CC98C77D045CA/orig.jpg" border=0 alt="This photograph digitally manipulated with editing software!"></p>

<p>H/t, <b><a href="http://www.strategypage.com">Strategy Page</a></b>.</p>

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<i>*When digitally manipulating pictures (as this was) for the purposes of influencing public opinion the Armorer recommends Adobe Photoshop®!  Also, take credit for your work.</i></p>]]>
      
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    <title>Comment from PigBoatSailor on 2006-08-15</title>
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        Hm, ok, good point.  Maybe &quot;Jihadis against the Great Satan&quot;?  Nah, not enough room.  Back to Jihadis I suppose.
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    <published>2006-08-15T14:47:25Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-08-15</title>
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        Yeah, old habits die hard.

On the flip side - the target of the jibe *do* see themselves in that light... so perhaps they will look for the flash.
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    <title>Comment from PigBoatSailor on 2006-08-15</title>
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        <![CDATA[How quickly we forget - how about <a href="http://gmapalumni.org/chapomatic/?p=1464" rel="nofollow">"irhabi" or "mufsidoon"</a> photos, to really make sure we aren't counter-productive?
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    <published>2006-08-15T13:51:39Z</published>
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