Comments on: Pentagon Bans YouTube, MySpace

Access Cut From Troops' Computers Because Of Bandwidth, Information Sharing Concerns

[gunownerdan]

American citizens have rights, not the government. The government and the military are the servants of the American people and the only reason the they exist is to protect the Constitution.

[lars008-2009]

NOW CAN WE KILL THEM???

if it is ok for fascist nazi islamic muslims to kill all non muslims everywhere.... is it ok for the non muslims to kill all fascist nazi islamic muslims???

Wouldn't killing 5.1 BILLION people (the number of non muslims in the world) be the very definition of barbarism???
Or is it fascist nazi islam%u2019s way of solving global warming???

Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp

But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.

"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.

Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.

The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108

[missyx21]

A friend of mine is in the Marines. I also have a brother-in-law who's in the Navy. We go weeks, sometimes even months without hearing from them.(depends on their mission) The only way we can understand what they're going through is by reading their blogs. Sometimes it's just a few sentences. Sometimes is a whole page long. They also get to see what's going on at home. We make sure to post pictures of family, friends, pets, so that they don't miss a moment. If we take this away from them, what else do they have left?

[vanman345]

Stealing bandwidth? Are you kidding? More likely the Pentagon (and the White House) are afraid the troops (and their families) will learn the truth about this illegal war. Hmm, so much for Constitutional Rights! Oh silly me - the U.S. Constitution was deleted 6 years ago along with all hope. Thanks, George! :-(
Posted by metaustin at 03:06 PM : May 14, 2007

Man, I love to hear you liberals go nuts over this, do you people not read? Since when is it your constitutional right to access the sites banned by the pentagon for access on military computers? Just to refresh your memory these are the following sites that are banned:

Video-sharing sites YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos and FileCabi;
Social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5;
Music sites Pandora, MTV, 1.fm and live365; and
Photo-sharing site Photobucket.

Now those are some serious news sources that you say will prevent the troops and their families from "will learn the truth about this illegal war." If those are the sites you get your news from it certainly explains a lot about the nutcase rantings posted here on a daily basis by you self rightous left wing nutjobs.

[michellem99-2009]

I do support our troops. Yet I do feel the military computers be used for military use. I meant computers for their own use. I was 9 when JFK was killed.I was born legally blind and taught to thank our vets who served, my Dad served.I could not. I remember an America who were free. WE were safe in home,school,work place,church and on the street.Yes. We never were allowed to tell others to rudely shut up. It was not done.The young could learn from us older folk.
Manners were taught,children learnt right from wrong. The social graces as well. It was a vet who served that helped me have the means to talk by means of computer. I care about others before me even tho I have specal needs.

[missyx21]

A friend of mine is in the Marines. I also have a brother-in-law who's in the Navy. We go weeks, sometimes even months without hearing from them.(depends on their mission) The only way we can understand what they're going through is by reading their blogs. Sometimes it's just a few sentences. Sometimes is a whole page long. They also get to see what's going on at home. We make sure to post pictures of family, friends, pets, so that they don't miss a moment. If we take this away from them, what else do they have left?

[missyx21]

A friend of mine is in the Marines. I also have a brother-in-law who's in the Navy. We go weeks, sometimes even months without hearing from them.(depends on their mission) The only way we can understand what they're going through is by reading their blogs. Sometimes it's just a few sentences. Sometimes is a whole page long. They also get to see what's going on at home. We make sure to post pictures of family, friends, pets, so that they don't miss a moment. If we take this away from them, what else do they have left?

[shoganca]

Now I know why I didn't get a MySpace message from my son on Mothers Day. How sad what a disapointment this was the only way I could communicate with my son and share family events that he is not able to be apart of or know that he was ok. Why are we making it so difficult for those serving far away from home to keep in touch with family and friends. Why are we sensoring our military. What are they going to do next sensor their mail?

Mr.gclark429 - Have you been on a military base they have places for service memebers to play games access the internet, etc. Not every soldier and Marine can afford a laptop. There is a big difference in using a computer at work and using a computer set up for the military service memeber to use on off time. The computer access is not free they do charge the service member a small fee.

Military Mom, Wife and Former WM.

[shoganca]

Now I know why I didn't get a MySpace message from my son on Mothers Day. How sad what a disapointment this was the only way I could communicate with my son and share family events that he is not able to be apart of or know that he was ok. Why are we making it so difficult for those serving far away from home to keep in touch with family and friends. Why are we sensoring our military. What are they going to do next sensor their mail?

Military Mom, Wife and Former WM.

[silhouett]

Some of the people here repost the same thing over and over... That doesnt make it true....
The facts are not about rights, if the Goverment has the right or Soldiers have the rights.
Thats how we feel... The facts are Its a question of do we take care of our soldiers
by giving them what they want within the bounderies of needed security?
I think what they want and need should be first
since they are of course fighting for us?

[juliemd]

I wish they would just finish the *** job over there, clean up the mess of an infastructure destroyed by our bombs and let the National Guard come home to the Nation they belong and should be working in....

Finish up the mission, gd it! I am sick of this stupid war dragging on and on and on with young people and civilians slaughtered. Stupid.

[gclark429]

I was a computer manager for the military and still work in the computer industry. What the military is doing is nothing new and has been happening in coporate America for a long time. It's not censorship or infringing on someones rights. Business (or military) computers do not belong to the individual sitting at them. In this case, they belong to the US Government. What I'm reading in so many of these comments is that our government does not have the right to say how their equipment is used. That's ridiculous! They aren't telling the people that they cannot access these sites. They're just saying, not from our computers. My daughter was in Iraq and there were computers set up in some areas that were not tied into the military network and therefore could be used for stuff that the "official" computers were restricted from. The same thing goes for personally owned computers that are not connected to the military computer network. The military is not trying to infringe on anyones rights here. In fact, is sounds like most of the people commenting here are trying to infringe on the military's rights to dictate how their equipment can be used.

[gclark429]

I was a computer manager for the military and still work in the computer industry. What the military is doing is nothing new and has been happening in coporate America for a long time. It's not censorship or infringing on someones rights. Business (or military) computers do not belong to the individual sitting at them. In this case, they belong to the US Government. What I'm reading in so many of these comments is that our government does not have the right to say how their equipment is used. That's ridiculous! They aren't telling the people that they cannot access these sites. They're just saying, not from our computers. My daughter was in Iraq and there were computers set up in some areas that were not tied into the military network and therefore could be used for stuff that the "official" computers were restricted from. The same thing goes for personally owned computers that are not connected to the military computer network. The military is not trying to infringe on anyones rights here. In fact, is sounds like most of the people commenting here are trying to infringe on the military's rights to dictate how their equipment can be used.

[METAUSTIN]

Stealing bandwidth? Are you kidding? More likely the Pentagon (and the White House) are afraid the troops (and their families) will learn the truth about this illegal war. Hmm, so much for Constitutional Rights! Oh silly me - the U.S. Constitution was deleted 6 years ago along with all hope. Thanks, George! :-(

[gclark429]

I was a computer manager for the military and still work in the computer industry. What the military is doing is nothing new and has been happening in coporate America for a long time. It's not censorship or infringing on someones rights. Business (or military) computers do not belong to the individual sitting at them. In this case, they belong to the US Government. What I'm reading in so many of these comments is that our government does not have the right to say how their equipment is used. That's ridiculous! They aren't telling the people that they cannot access these sites. They're just saying, not from our computers. My daughter was in Iraq and there were computers set up in some areas that were not tied into the military network and therefore could be used for stuff that the "official" computers were restricted from. The same thing goes for personally owned computers that are not connected to the military computer network. The military is not trying to infringe on anyones rights here. In fact, is sounds like most of the people commenting here are trying to infringe on the military's rights to dictate how their equipment can be used.

[lars008-2009]

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry

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"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

[lars008-2009]

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This site is an Appeal For Redress in support of our mission in Iraq.
An Appeal For Redress is an authorized means for active duty military to submit a grievance to Congress. It can be signed by Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard military personnel.
It is authorized by DoD Directive 1325.6 and DoD Directive 7050.6.
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As an American currently serving my nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat. I also respectfully urge my political leaders to actively oppose media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home. The War in Iraq is a necessary and just effort to bring freedom to the Middle East and protect America from further attack.
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This Appeal will be delivered to members of Congress.
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[kaiyo4u]

Hey folks, Here's something from someone who was over there (Iraq as a contractor).
Our troops will still have access to email and the phones... The only time they shut down communications was when one of our own was killed. This was to allow the military to contact the next of kin instead of the kin getting the news over the internet. Plus there are plenty of Iraqi business men there who install and set up satellite internet and tv for our troops. Yes it does come out of the troops pockets, but their access is somewhat unlimited... As the IT admin was saying earlier, the videos do take up an amazing amount of bandwidth... So much so, that cams were banned from private internet access by those who participated in the service. But there was Voip too. So if you yearned for your family's voice(s), you could talk with them without paying an arm and a leg to AT&T... One unit found it was more suitable to use Voip instead of video... With new pictures arriving via email...

[unbelievab14]

This is bull. If used correctly there is nothing wrong with Myspace. It is faster to hear from our loved ones than waiting for the mail. Our familys need us to be there for them and if using myspace makes them feel closier to home while they are away, well **** on those who want to take what little happiness this gives them. So many are missing the births of their children. This is one way to show them what they have been missing and letting them still feel a part of it.This is so little to ask for what they are giving up for us.God Bless them all...

[gunownerdan]

%u201CIf you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.%u201D
- Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister