Aug 11, 2004 02:49
"If you want the regime to fall, a bombing campaign would only do so much for you, Franks said. You've got to create in the minds of the people an overwhelming urge to get rid of Saddam. The influence and information operations would be critical"
From Plan of Attack , by Bob Woodward
It is psychology in the field... how to convince a people that a demon you know is worse than the devil you aren't aware of.
Lovely.