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I don't even understand why they would do this - everyone has the internet in friendly countries, it's not like this is the 30s where they could print propaganda and no one would be the wiser. It's just playing games and we should be enlightened enough by now to not do that. ***** Pentagon Debates Propaganda Push in Allied Nations Mon Dec 16, 9:04 AM ET By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT, New York Times WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is considering issuing a secret directive to the American military to conduct covert operations aimed at influencing public opinion and policy makers in friendly and neutral countries. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has not yet decided on the proposal, which has ignited a fierce battle throughout the Bush administration over whether the military should carry out secret propaganda missions in friendly nations like Germany, where many of the Sept. 11 hijackers congregated, or Pakistan, still considered a haven for Al Qaeda's militants....
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