The DoD (Department of Defense) claims the new policy is necessary to conserve bandwidth but the new policy is simply censorship effectively preventing soldiers from presenting graphic images of the war or seeing disturbing images that may upend morale.
The situation BOTH in Iraq and in Afghanistan is a lot more involved than mainstream media can fathom. And, if it could fathom what is going on, it would not be allowed to report it for obvious reasons, as this would further undermine the morale of the Western world. Troops and their families at home used to be able to at least write emails to each other via blog spots and troops were also allowed to access certain parts of the internet. This is now no longer possible.
This censorship began on or about Monday, May 14, the DoD blocked network access worldwide to the following 14 Web sites: YouTube.com, 1.fm, Pandora.com, Photobucket.com, MySpace.com, Live365.com, Hi5.com, MetaCafe.com, MTV.com, iFilm.com, BlackPlanet.com, StupidVideos.com, and FileCabi.net. Active duty personnel are no longer able to post material themselves or view what has been put online. The Defense Department ban on popular Web sites — including YouTube, MySpace, and several others — will only apply to Defense Department computers and networks, not to PCs that connect to personal ISPs through the DoD network; however, in most theaters of operation, Defense Department computers are the only ones available to service personnel.
Iowa Family Upset About New Pentagon Policy Limiting Soldiers’ Internet Access
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I’m very sensitive, i can’t see this type of things. I’ll probably puke. I mean i fainted when i saw my own blood. That’s why i couldn’t be a nurse!
they can use proxify.com to get around the blocks
so they think that not allowing themn internet they can keep them quiet….I think not!
Nice post dude…keep it up!
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Photos of dead babies always did it for me… makes me upset enough to want to hit somebody. preferably the one taking the life of the baby. what has the world become?
sigh…
Hi static. good to see ur up and about…
I can sort-of understand their stated reason for banning these sites (bandwidth issues), but I admit it does look a lot like censorship.
those pictures are absolutley foul, we know whats going on in afghanistan, surley imagery like this will not have any effect on the polititians, I personally dont see the relivance of it, and I doubt you sought the permission of the families of these casualties of war before posting them online??
war is never a good thing and not everyone always agrees on a course of action, YOU SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR TROOPS!! As aposed to being critical of decisions way above your station, get a grip, our troops are dying for people like you who clearly have little more to do with their time than to criticise everyones efforts to keep our troops safe. “Less media attention, documentaries are usually made following a war, not during it and should be no way involved in trying to change them outcome of it.
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We should support our troops.
But, this is america.
We deserve the truth, not censorship!
that si sad i didnt even know it was possible to get hurt THAT bad when your just a baby
Im all for war, but no one deserves this. Its just not right, seeing an innocent child burned, because of us or the enemy who knows. its not right