The Art of Influence

Wow, that passages describes exactly what's been happening with Gaza the last few years

> Events in Lebanon had added to the growing sense of unease that I had first experienced in Baghdad. When a powerful military is faced by apparent military "weakness", it can respond by an overuse of kinetic force - the "hard power" of attacking with guns, bombs and artillery.

> I worried that in Afghanistan, as in Lebanon and before it, Iraq, hard power was not being properly balanced by the application of "soft power" - stabilisation, reconstruction, investment and negotiation.

> We were also being out-fought in the propaganda war by an enemy that was more adept and agile in the use of the internet.

Could someone elaborate on the intent schematic that was used to plan the attack? I have always wondered how big military operations were developed, it's hard to imagine anything of that size and complexity in the civilian world.

Is it just me, or did they leave out all the interesting details of how they used influence?

I'm getting massive layout breakage on Chrome 45 (OSX).

The style of the layout of this article is intriguing.

People with access to the BBC iPlayer can watch the third quarter of Adam Curtis's "Bitter Lake" to get another angle on this.

I find his tale of a ridiculous series of mistakes a bit more compelling.

Cool site, this is what I see http://cl.ly/image/0v1A2z3H3S0i

Insightful, particularly with regards to political influence on decision making.