Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Our Enemies are Winning the IO War By D.W.

Information Operations seeks to influence the behavior of target decision-makers or audiences through the use of information and information systems. This is no different from the exercise of the other forms of national power, be they diplomatic, military, or economic. In this instance the means is information, but the resulting outcome is the same.
IO Primer - U.S. Army War College

Following up on John Turner’s excellent article about Information Operations (IO) and its component Psychological Operations, it is important to clarify one fact. All of our national enemies, both active and passive, engage in Offensive Information Operations against the United States at the strategic level all of the time. Yes, from Iran to China, any nation that would benefit from America’s decline engages in and employs IO against us and against your fellow American.

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