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Pentagon Monitors War Videos Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-keeping-an-eye-on-ya-buddy dept.

jonfr writes "According to the BBC, the Pentagon is monitoring online war videos on YouTube and other webpages." From the article: "There is no specific policy that bans troops from posting graphic material. But troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan are hearing the message that they should consider carefully what videos they upload to the web. Sites such as YouTube and Ogrish have hundreds or thousands of clips from soldiers, some set to rock music."

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  1. No reason to be alarmed. by Sixtyten · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have any concerns, just speak into a nearby phone and the NSA will be right with you.

  2. Enemy Propaganda by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Angry Arabs aren't stupid. They do surf these types of sites, and take videos, set demonic music, throw graphics overlays of Bush chugging oil or blood sucked out of babies or something, and VCDs with this are on sale at a thousand bazaars throughout the Middle East the next day. Teenagers who stumble across these realize they have nothing else to do with their lives, and end up killing American soldiers. It is a military problem.

    1. Re:Enemy Propaganda by orasio · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's much more important than democracy!!
      These bastards are using Rock Music, for Brian's sake!!!
      Copyrighted Rock Music!!!!
      They are using the hard work of artists, and not paying anything to the RIAA!!
      I only hope they get sued into oblivion for that atrocity.
      Killing people, laughing at it, or trying to censor some videos has nothing to do with the awful crime against humanity that is piracy . Remember, when you distribute illegal tunes with your killing spree videos, you are supporting COMMUNISM!!

  3. Re:Yeah this bad music is making me sick... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Funny

    Killing people while listening to Palchelbel's Canon is pure class.

    I think Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries is more fitting...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  4. Re:Security concerns as well by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a small handful of people that are giving the US military a bad image...

    But those people are in Washington.

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    What?
  5. Re:De-Sanitization of War by xjerky · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do you hate America?

    No, really, why?

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    A sentence you'll never see on an Internet discussion board: "You know what? You're right."