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you don't set sustainable agendas through psy ops - it never comes out right.

psy ops is simply a force multiplier when you are going into a conflict situation - its used to leverage outcomes when you are in a conflict. however its utility and value wanes over the medium to long term because psy ops in itself cannot drive any process forward due to the fundamental flaw in its essence - its directed at attacking the credibility of opponents, undermining their positions and destabalising their equilibrium - and that is not conducive to building a framework for going forward.

the Brits came to realise that after 30 years of using the best black ops techniques in Norther Ireland. they even had psy ops specialist units within the British Black Operations wing of Millitary Intelligence, M15 and the 22nd SAS specifically developig psy ops strategies and tactics - they pumped lots of money into it - from surveillance to black mail to propoganda - you name it, they did it.

after 30 years of gojg nowhere with those tactics they finally came to the realisation that (a) there has to be a framework for settlement (b) guys have to accept that settlement doesn't come from the barell of a gun - thus the decommissioning process which all the militias have had to undergo i.e the UVF, the UDF and the factions of the IRA all had to decommission their arsenals and their street guys had to stand down - all the IRA Active Service Units from field commanders to Intelligence officers to their armed brigades all had to stand down (c) all the parties to the conflict had to come to a comprehensive settlement WITHIN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK set at Stormont - it wasn't easy, but then attaining peace after 30 years of sectarian and religious turmoil could never have been easy anyway.

even the IRA hardmen accepted that the way of the gun and psy ops was no longer working - read some of their stuff. all the hardcore IRA realised that after 30 years of violence they hadn't moved any closer to achieving political resolution to their predicament - and they were also getting concerned at that time with the infusion of criminailty and indiscipline into their units - some of their young guys were moonlighting into drugs and extortion - it got to the stage where they had to have bloodletting within their ranks to control their own young guys who had gone into criminal activities - and then they had internal political differences which created a further split in their ranks between the Provos and the Real IRA

whatever the DOD is planning in Canberra, they need to come back to the 21st century - the lessons of Northern Ireland and elsewhere is self evident.

you don't achieve longterm and sustainable outcomes with psy ops - the more efficient way is to be the voice of reason.

reason speaks to the conscience.

thats what the Brits did - they were the first to make those moves because they realised the garrisons and soldiers weren't achieving anything sustainable or durable - every other week there was a shooting and bombing and assasination - and the higher the level of alert they placed their British army soldiers on the more violent the situation became - but that thing didn't start on its own - the Irish militias formed as a result of reaction to British policies in Northern Ireland - the alienation of the Catholic community led to the formation of those Irish militias from the discord and disequilibrium those policies brought on.

something brought the Irish militias to the table - and equally so the British goverment. they had to create a new paradigm. a new mindset.

you don't get anywhere by alienating sectors of society or whatever - it never works and psy ops only makes the situation more entrenched and intractable.