Improving PSYOP (and CA as a tangent)

[Voodoun]

Clearly we're talking around eachother, because in no sense does the notion of the strategic corporal contradict my position.

Sure, the average soldier needs to gain a sense of sophistication, sure. No doubt. Doesnt mean that we don't need national level Strategic PSYOP campaigns focused on long term conversion efforts organized and executed at the national level.

Strategic Corporals can run around all day long and have zero affect on the War of Ideas. There is no military solution to this idealogical struggle - or do you disagree with Gen Petraeus?

You seem to be framing the argument in terms of what will benefit the military, what will allow the military to succeed in its mission.

The War of Ideas, to paraphrase you, is bigger than the military.

There is nothing that the strategic corporal can do to co-opt and redirect the message of al Manar, to bring the cultural power of MTV, Levis Jeans, and McDonald's to bear, to affect the curriculm of the madrassa in Saudi Arabia or the jamiat in Iraq, nor is that claim being made in the sources you're providing.