The Taliban and Propaganda of the Deed
The Insurgency Research Group has an excellent
analysis of the significance of the Taliban attack on
Sunday's Afghan National Day parade. The whole post
is worth reading but don't do it yet. Read the
following paragraph first and then watch the No
Comment TV video.
OK. Now go ahead and read the whole post.
The incident on Sunday demonstrates a classic propaganda of the deed partnership in which the insurgents with growing skill select a media-significant target and with witless incomprehension international reporters beam the most sensationally damning images of the event around the world so as to deliver the worst possible interpretation. There is no need for a Taliban subtext or even a photo caption, the images speak powerfully for themselves sending messages of a stricken regime put to flight in their gilded uniforms by the daring fighters of the Taliban.
OK. Now go ahead and read the whole post.