Submitted by GaryGagliardi on
My
newest book applies the principles of
The Art of War to the War on Terror. One of the main themes of this
new book, due out 9/11 of this year, is that the real battleground is the media. The recent media storm over American humiliation of prisoners is a perfect example of the asymmetric nature of this war. Real
death, torture, and horror by Muslim terrorists goes largely uncommented on. Millions can die at the hands of the
National Islamic Front in Sudan and America never hears about it. Certainly the Islamic world and the UN don't complain. (The UN just named Sudan to their
Human Rights Commission). However, let a few Americans do something stupid (embarrassing
people, not killing them) and it is a front page horror story. A winning
strategy in the War on Terror must address this bizarre reality when a few
people humiliated by a few random American soldiers is a much more important
news event than millions of people dying. Of course, perfects is the media's
standard for the U.S. because that is the only standard we will never meet.