Comments on: Bush Apologizes For Walter Reed Failures

Tour Was President's First Since News Broke Of Shabby Conditions At Top Army Hospital

[truthword]

Pre-September 11 Planning-- Phase One: Research and Rationale


Three topics were of great interest among military psychologists and PSYOP specialists before 9/11:

Understanding what factors generate public support for a war,
Learning how to use mass-media to create %u201Cblind hatred%u201D against an enemy, and
Discovering the most effective techniques for manipulating public opinion in favor of military action.

The stated goal of much of this research was to understand the best methods to manipulate the media and the general public in order to bring about a military deployment.


Here is an example of military research to determine the feasibility of media manipulation by the military:


The title of this paper, %u2018Manipulating the Media%u2019, is not a personal choice, but simply the working title that I was originally given.


The issue is whether the Western media, most obviously that of the United States, can be manipulated in order to bring about a military deployment; and if so, how this can be done.


- MANIPULATING THE MEDIA

Stephen Badsey British Ministry of Defence

[bigdadpatrio]

whatithink, WAKE UP to the real world. You don't have a clue. It's kind of like if the Democrats were to complain about the gas prices and no energy policy....WHAT did they do in the 20 years AFTER the Arab oil embargo of 1973 (you see, THEY had the majority in Congress and did NOTHING about it. The same about the medical treatment of our veterans. They had control of Congress for 40 years and did NOTHING to see that our veterans got proper medical treatment. Surely you don't think this problem JUST happened in the last few years? THAT'S why I said WAKE UP.

[barbaraf4]

whatithink, I agree 100%.

[whatithink-2009]

Barbaraf4,

First he must apologize for lying about the need to go to Iraq. Then he can apologize that this lie has caused them to die or have no legs and arms.

Other post, I meant DOES NOT.

[whatithink-2009]

BIGDADPATRIO,

Cutting defense spending GOES NOT mean that the soldiers have gotten s-c-r-e-w-e-d. There is A LOT of pork and waste in the military. In the case above, the SOLDIERS ARE GETTING S-C-R-E-W-E-D.

[barbaraf4]

Okay, this is a start. Next, he needs to go to Dover, Maryland, and help unload the coffins off of the airplanes. He can apologize for that too.

[mainemade]

At this point empty apologies are useless!! Get off your dead butt and do something about it..action not words will mean more to these soldiers who deserve the best not the slum hell they are at.
I work in a long term health care facility we get inspected by state officials all the time, because of the team we have we have always been on top of our inspections. Why did it go soo long and get soo bad???
Hopefully these soldiers will now get the care they deserve!

[bigdadpatrio]

Please, EVERY Democrat administration has CUT Defense spending since the 60'ies. Guess what is one of the first departments to get their $ cut when that happens? The Veterans Administration. The only friggin reason there is such an "outrage" all of a sudden is because of the political climate. The Democrats cry "crocadile (sorry, my spelling is not correct) tears for our veterans. The PROOF is in their inaction over the last 40 years.

[whatithink-2009]

Let's just make a list of everything that has happened under Bush's watch and have him say he is sorry all together.

[pakaal]

"it took some time to clear enough room on the president's schedule to spend more than three hours with patients and staff at Walter Reed, to find out from them what more needs to be done."

OK, seriously, asking the patients 'what more needs to be done' is ridiculous. What are they going to say, "I'd like better desserts"? I'd prefer the President to spend three more hours with people at the top end who seem to be better at funneling cash away from our wounded heroes, than healing them.