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...While many military experts remain opposed to a tally, there does seem to be a growing acceptance of the judicious citing of body counts to combat Taliban propaganda that shows only U.S. deaths and civilian casualties. "Publication of this information is part of the information campaign, and I think it's justified," says Peter Mansoor, a retired Army colonel who served as a top aide to General David Petraeus in Iraq from February 2007 to May 2008. "But I don't know that I'd go so far as to do every single death," says Mansoor, who now teaches military...
...outlets let loose with accusations and complaints, particularly about American concerns that Pakistan was failing as a state. "There is no Taliban threat," said one Pakistani journalist. "Do you really think a bunch of hillbillies from the tribal areas can take on our military?" sneered another. "It's all propaganda," said a third, designed "to weaken us, so the U.S. can fulfill its agenda to break Pakistan into pieces...
...Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. envoy to the region, is working on a media plan for Pakistan. It aims to develop the government's ability to disseminate information via new technologies such as cell phones. The idea is not to promote propaganda but to facilitate public-service messages, like emergency information or registration for refugees. The plan also allows for training government officials to become more open press officers, and to fund independent radio stations to counter those run by extremists. All this is good, but it's not enough. Pakistan's press needs to take a hard look at itself...
...while Pyongyang and Beijing have never been as close as the propaganda would have it, the two countries do have shared interests. It's how much weight to give those interests, relative to the costs of supporting Pyongyang internationally, that vexes Beijing's leadership. Just as there have been tensions in Washington over how to handle the North - during the Bush Administration, those favoring a harder line prevailed at first, before the State Department's "negotiate now, negotiate forever" camp took over - so, too, are there conflicting opinions in Beijing over what to do. As described by a diplomatic source...
...These comments by Putin should be taken very seriously," says Olexandr Paliy, a political analyst with the Institute of Foreign Policy at the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Diplomatic Academy. "Russia is engaged in a propaganda war against Ukraine, designed to convince the West not to support Ukraine. Russia doesn't understand cooperation with equals, only with subordinates...