We've disagreed before on issues related to the portrayal of the anti-war movement, and have some pretty different political stances, but I do watch GI Korea's blog for a great perspective on what knowledge is being produced in the military itself, especially since blogging has allowed for a direct kind of reporting and voicing of soldiers' concerns in way that goes around the filters of the traditional media as well as the even more controlled military press.
Although the title's a bit inflammatory and I think hinting at the opposite of what GI Korea is trying to prove as not really existing, his post "Exposing the GI Fifth Column" is a must-read – very interesting stuff.
And I don't mean that previous sentence to sound like a back-handed compliment; I'm just thinking that a title indicating that GI Korea thinks a lot of the "internal" protest within the ranks of the military is planted, as opposed to organically grown, would fit better.
Take a read, because there's an interesting point of view that I'm glad I'm getting to see here.
One question I have – how strict is the US military with soldier-blogger-journalists? Are there regulations governing the freedom to blog? Is there any censorship or consequences for being critical of the military, or even just through good blogging, being "too political?"
Great work, GI Korea.
