Neocon US Colonel Calls for Military Attacks on "Partisan Media"

Col. Ralph Peters pens an outrageous essay, writing that journalists "have positioned themselves as protected-species combatants."

A new report for a leading neoconservative group which pushes a belligerent “Israel first” agenda of conquest in the Middle East suggests that in future wars the US should make censorship of media official policy and advocates “military attacks on the partisan media.” (H/T MuzzleWatch) The report for JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, was authored by retired US Army Colonel Ralph Peters. It appears in JINSA’s “flagship ... Full Story »

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by Randy Morrow - Jun. 1, 2009

future wars may require censorship, news blackouts and, ultimately, military attacks on the partisan media. Perceiving themselves as superior beings, journalists have positioned themselves as protected-species combatants.

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