[Marinir] Psy-ops Propaganda Goes Mainstream.

[Yap Hong Gie]

Menanggapi pemikiran rekan dimilis sebelah, bahwa: "Black Campaign: 
Psychological taktik propaganda yang dilakukan oleh any Military group untuk 
mendiskreditkan dan menghancurkan moral korban2 lawannya, dengan cara 
melemparkan tuduhan2 palsu, membalikan fakta, ......... "


Yach, kalau mau dilihat secara sempit memang betul, bahwa segala bentuk
kegiatan Psy-ops, Propaganda, Undercover Ops yang tergolong dalam
unconventional warefare, adalah bagian dari defence policy (baca: Militer)
yang menyangkut non-combat activities atau "activities other then war".


Stressing saya pada "pandangan sempit" adalah oleh karena:

1.)  Dalam negara demokrasi, segala bentuk kegiatan militer mengacu pada
kebijakan politik negara yang diatur oleh para politisi.  Institusi militer
tidak boleh bertindak sendiri diluar koridor kebijakan politik pemerintah,
yang mana tidak semuanya transparan untuk konsumsi publik.
Kebijakan politik dimaksud, adalah termasuk segala macam "activities other
then war" yang sudah merupakan bagian dari modern warfare yang bersifat
global.


2.) Psy-ops, dalam arti Propaganda (black campaign), PR, Strategic
Communication, Analisa Rekayasa, Public dis-information dll., sudah menjadi
"bisnis & industri" --melibatkan kontraktor dan sub-kontraktor, termasuk
jaringan LSM/NGO--  yang sangat menjanjikan, karena bersifat continuing
project, dengan budget dari negara, multi-national atau big corporations
yang sangat beuasaaaar .........


Wassalam, yhg.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2126479/

"You Can't Handle the Truth"
Psy-ops propaganda goes mainstream.
By Sharon Weinberger
Posted Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at 6:31 AM ET
 Strategic Communication Laboratories, a small U.K. firm specializing in
"influence operations" made a very public debut

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http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1748

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
Action Alert
Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working On News At CNN?
3/27/00

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http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12841

US: The Booming Business for Psy/Ops
by Jason Vest, Government Executive
November 30th, 2005

(kutipan):

'Sorry, It Wasn't Us'
Further, Taylor adds, groups contracted by the government to do PSYOPS
or related work and analysis also can do damage.
"There are plenty who have messed up and been fired; there are risks," he
says. "But if the attitude is 'Something has to be done,' who is going to do 
it?
There are so many PR firms willing to take bucks from the U.S. government.
"Outsourcing is either a sign of recognition that the military is not
terribly good at certain types of persuasion, or a way of distancing the 
U.S.
government from the messages.
If that company then does something which is controversial, the government
can say, 'Sorry, it wasn't us, but we'll fire the company that did this 
supposedly in our name.'