The 1994 edition of Air Force Basic Doctrine, authored by Major Dick Frishkorn, had a line in it about the importance of the psychological effects of airpower.♠ It is the same with an insurgency.
Yesterday there was a Taliban attack on the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
One reporter said he was sitting down between missions out in the field with units with which he is embedded and he got an EMail from the Taliban spokesman. Nothing on the news, so he contacted some sources in Kabul and they confirmed the attack had just started.
Do you think this was about killing folks and doing damage or was it about making noise and creating a stir? To quote the reporter "This was IO only. Lady Gaga Taliban style." ♥
Regards — Cliff
♠ "Air Force Manual (AFM) 1-1, Basic Aerospace Doctrine of the United States Air Force, 16 March 1984, urges the exploitation of bombardment's psychological impact on an enemy's armed forces, people, and allies (page 2-17)." From the first footnote an article by then Major Martin Fracker.
♥ IO is Information Operations. do you think it is fair to the Taliban to compare them to Lady Gaga?
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