Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
The goal is much more: the control of information content and flow, to include the information sent and received by the BLUEFOR, the enemy, and the population.
IF that is the goal, then it is unattainable. It's like "all-weather" and "information dominance." The idea that anyone or anything can "control" information in the Information Age is both illusory and highly damaging.

The best I can ever believe is that IO is something BLUEFOR does to (an information product - a statement, spoken or written) that protects the legitimacy of it's own actions. Essentially it should either be telling the truth or saying nothing. As a military force, action should be primary conveyor of information.

"These are not the droids you are looking for", is not the basis for a workable doctrine.