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Swat Team vs. Wall

cc5alive (http://military.videosift.com/member/cc5alive) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:40:17 -0800

(17 votes - 5 comments - 406 views)
Swat team destroys a wall and...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer

EDD (http://military.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:55:25 -0800

(16 votes - 3 comments - 337 views)
The most revealing trailer yet for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Oozes style and cinematics.

Edward Bernays and the Art of Public Manipulation

dystopianfuturetoday (http://military.videosift.com/member/dystopianfuturetoday) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:52:55 -0800

(26 votes - 1 comment - 411 views)
" [The] American business community was also very impressed with the propaganda effort. They had a problem at that time. The country was becoming formally more democratic. A lot more people were able to vote and that sort of thing. The country was becoming wealthier and more people could participate and a lot of new immigrants were coming in, and so on.
So what do you do? It's going to be harder to run things as a private club. Therefore, obviously, you have to control what people think. There had been public relation specialists but there was never a public relations industry. There was a guy hired to make Rockefeller's image look prettier and that sort of thing. But this huge public relations industry, which is a U.S. invention and a monstrous industry, came out of the first World War. The leading figures were people in the Creel Commission. In fact, the main one, Edward Bernays, comes right out of the Creel Commission. He has a book that came out right afterwards called Propaganda. The term "propaganda," incidentally, did not have negative connotations in those days. It was during the second World War that the term became taboo because it was connected with Germany, and all those bad things. But in this period, the term propaganda just meant information or something like that. So he wrote a book called Propaganda around 1925, and it starts off by saying he is applying the lessons of the first World War. The propaganda system of the first World War and this commission that he was part of showed, he says, it is possible to "regiment the public mind every bit as much as an army regiments their bodies." These new techniques of regimentation of minds, he said, had to be used by the intelligent minorities in order to make sure that the slobs stay on the right course. We can do it now because we have these new techniques. " -Chomsky

Beynays' book 'Propaganda': http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.html

USMC Silent Drill Platoon

ant (http://military.videosift.com/member/ant) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:02:06 -0800

(18 votes - 6 comments - 341 views)
"This video shows the platoon's 2007 performance at a Denver Nuggets game."

From http://digg.com/arts_culture/US_Navy_Presidential_Ceremonial_Honor_Guard_at_Norway?t=29096759#c29096759 ...

Bill Moyers: Restoring Accountability for Washington's Wars

NetRunner (http://netrunner.videosift.com) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:41:53 -0800

(20 votes - 5 comments - 334 views)
10/30/2009

Fans Support Comedian Jimmy Carr Over Troop Joke

Sagemind (http://military.videosift.com/member/Sagemind) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:24:41 -0800

(106 votes - 31 comments - 2886 views)
Fans of Jimmy Carr have come out in support of the comedian following a joke he made about wounded troops. Carr, who has visited injured troops at Selly Oak and Headley Court, has apologised for any offence caused.

"I've got nothing but respect for the young men and women who put their lives on the line for this country," he told Sky News online.

Maddow on the F-22 Raptor

longde (http://military.videosift.com/member/longde) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:16:45 -0800

(55 votes - 13 comments - 929 views)
The raptor has finally been killed.

Maddow reviews the history behind this $356M jet (each) and lays out some of its mindboggling features.

For example, for every hour this baby spends in the air, 30 minutes of maintenance are required.

Generation Kill: "It's nice having friends"

calvados (http://military.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:35:19 -0800

(19 votes - 5 comments - 354 views)
An outstanding short clip from 'Generation Kill' -- the 'Band of Brothers' of the Iraq War. If you haven't seen one or either of those two series, you now have plans for the whole weekend.

Surprise Homecoming!

Fusionaut (http://fusionaut.videosift.com) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:48:51 -0700

(63 votes - 18 comments - 2535 views)
Awesome

Lockheed Sabre Warrior: Bringing your Nightmares to Life

therealblankman (http://military.videosift.com/member/therealblankman) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:50:44 -0700

(39 votes - 20 comments - 2235 views)
The new Lockheed-Martin Sabre Warrior UAV can carry multiple armaments, fly supersonically, deliver smart-bombs, fight air-to-air, refuel in flight. Basically this is a supersonic Hunter-Killer come to life. Sarah Connor is doomed.