Pentagon Smarter Than President
by Joe Pulcinella
According to Ron Paul (TX), The Pentagon has released a study that concludes that our benevolent dropping of bombs in soveriegn nations hurts us more than it helps us.
A recent study [.pdf] by the Pentagon's Defense Science Task Force on Strategic Communications concluded that in the struggle for hearts and minds in Iraq, "American efforts have not only failed, they may also have achieved the opposite of what they intended." This Pentagon report flatly states that our war in Iraq actually has elevated support for radical Islamists. It goes on to conclude that our active intervention in the Middle East as a whole has greatly diminished our reputation in the region, and strengthened support for radical groups. This is similar to what the CIA predicted in an October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate, before the invasion took place.
Well, duh. This is quite a leap for anything based in Washington so I guess I should commend them on that much. But I still can't say that The Pentagon has a secure grasp on reality after I breezed through the 111-page paper that Paul links to in his article. I contained sections such as "Leveraging the Private Sector" (that scares me) but nowhere does it contain the word "constitution."