cell phone camera, it takes 2 seconds to take a photo of a formation.
With that I can tell the unit, what their equipment is and their
likely mission. With the right soldiers and equipment, its not all
that difficult to set up an ambush that wipes out that unit.
While you all know that I am very much against the iraqi occupation,
I am even more against putting our soldiers in danger. its not a very
large stretch to see the damage that can be done if the wrong photos
were in the wrong hands at the correct time.
Moreover who said that the military is a democracy. If anything its
the opposite. its a hierarchical system whose purpose is to further
the country's aims by force.
As I said, its standard military doctrine to forbid cameras etc by
any but designated personnel. Its a good rule that I fully support.
larry
>Come on Larry!
>
>Look at the timing of this. It has nothing to do with revealing troop
>locations, and everything to do with making sure no one knows what's
>going on so that a scandal like what just occurred can never happen
>again!
>
>And that's not in the spirit of whatever 1930s law you were citing. The
>spirit in which this is being done is more along the lines of a non -
>democratic state than of one interested in freedom of speech, and in
>finding out the truth.
>
>And it is contrary to everything Rumsfeld has said about this situation.
>Rumsfeld said that he read reports of the abuse, but it was only upon
>seeing the pictures that he realized how serious it was. So now you ban
>cameras so that you can never see such images again?
>
>Doesn't quite make sense.
>No one is fooled as to why the US is implementing this.
>
>-Gel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Not really, its just extending a ban that's been in force since the
>1930's. The military, for very good reasons, have banned cameras
>since the invention of the Kodak Brownie. Its not a matter of keeping
>the truth hidden, rather its a matter of military security - think of
>it a single photo could reveal units, their strengths and
>equipment,and locations. As a opposition intelligence officer, I'd
>find that information invaluable.
>
>larry
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