SIR, BLOGGING, SIR!

Soldiers are blogging from the frontlines. What does this mean for our country? Anyone with access to a computer and the internet can get almost instantaneous accounts of that day halfway across the world. There's absolutely no way that our government likes this. Depending on your opinion of the war this could either be a good or a bad thing (but that is one subject I am NOT going to even attempt to cover). What I do know is that this blogging doesn't go without some form of censorship. At least according to the article, The Blogs of War that is.

Some may argue that the guidelines that restrict how much information the soldiers post is the governments way of hiding the "truth" about the war, and others will argue that they do it for the safety of the troops. Personally, I believe the latter.

Overall the article about the military blogging phenom was incredibly interesting and makes me want to find these blogs and get my own ideas about it. Getting a soldiers account of daily happenings in Iraq is one way to stay informed about what's going on in that part of the world. Many of the blogs can be found just by searching Google for Milblogs as the military blogs are referred to in the article. Once such blog is the Mudville Gazette, check it out for youself and form your own opinion.