National Security

Sounds of War

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | March 29, 2011 | +

No, not the booms of bullets and bombs, but the far more disquieting and insidious sound of calm-but-stern voices instructing Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan loyalists, through their radios, to give up. The multilingual messages are broadcast from EC-130 Commando Solo aircraft like this one:

-- DoD photo
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  • michaelfury
  • 53_3

    Far more disquieting and insidious than bombs?
    .
    This is spin, I can tell, but is it:
    .
    1. “Im still building the Imaginary World Obama Is Fjucking Up In”
    .
    2. “Im conveying the military threat behind the calmness”
    .
    You see, the problem with you, Mark, is that you’ve tainted yourself with the former type of spin that you’ve muddied your own waters.
    .
    Please clarify…

  • deconstructiva

    If we want to use the radio to make Libyan troops surrender, just broadcast the typical Top 40 crapola that passes for “music” these days. Or Beck, Rush, etc. They’ll give up.

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