Public Relations: ““The war ultimately will boil down to how many of our soldiers we are willing to sacrifice to keep dead Iraqi civilians off al-Jazeera,” says a Navy officer at the Pentagon.”
Media Bias: “In fact, Western and Arab media are driven by the same imperative—to feed the hunger for human interest. Their interests are simply in different humans.”
Guerrilla Tactics: “Given the conventional power of the U.S. military, any probable adversary will choose unconventional tactics. The fighting in Afghanistan, for example, has settled into a classic pattern of guerrilla warfare, with hit-and-run attacks on U.S. bases followed by search-and-destroy missions by small units of American forces.”
Raid and Aid: “A [British] officer described it yesterday as “raid and aid”—a combination of raiding parties against specific targets such as local Ba’ath party leaders, and at the same time delivering aid to the local population.”
Hearts and Minds: Yesterday, British officers described the very different approach between UK and American soldiers by pointing to Uum Qasr, the Iraqi port south of Basra and the first urban area captured by US and UK marines. “Unlike the Americans, we took our helmets and sunglasses off and looked at the Iraqis eye to eye,” said a British officer.”
