Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Panetta: Bad PR Is Bad For The War Effort

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta answers press questions after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, and Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett

Panetta To Warn Troops About The Effect Of Bad PR On The War Effort -- Stars And Stripes

Are U.S. troops losing a war of perception even though they’re dominating on the battlefield?

WASHINGTON — Are U.S. troops losing a war of perception even though they’re dominating on the battlefield?

When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta travels Friday to visit soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga., he’ll personally remind them of the harm that lapses in judgment and unwisely publicized photos and videos can inflict on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

“We live in a world where these kinds of isolated incidents can become a headline in 15 seconds,” Panetta said in an interview with Stars and Stripes on Monday. “And that can do tremendous damage.”

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My Comment: I am putting this into my "Duh!!!" folder.

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