Comments on: They oughta know http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/11/04/they-oughta-know/ Same old blog, brand new place Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:56:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rjh http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/11/04/they-oughta-know/comment-page-1/#comment-101104 rjh Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:26:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1089#comment-101104 Towards the end of http://www.michaelyon-online.com/are-you-connected.htm is a discussion of the realities of modern communications in areas of conflict. In Afghanistan it's cell phones, but the conclusions apply to all public telecommunications. The important conclusion is: whoever cuts off the cell phones, be it insurgents or the government, alienates people. This happened in Nepal. If the AOG starts whacking down those communications towers, which they can do at whim, they will lose support of many people. And certainly there is little doubt that some of those hundreds of millions of dollars being invested into Afghanistan cell systems must be going to AOG leaders. Twisted, isn’t it? Towards the end of http://www.michaelyon-online.com/are-you-connected.htm is a discussion of the realities of modern communications in areas of conflict. In Afghanistan it’s cell phones, but the conclusions apply to all public telecommunications. The important conclusion is:

whoever cuts off the cell phones, be it insurgents or the government, alienates people. This happened in Nepal. If the AOG starts whacking down those communications towers, which they can do at whim, they will lose support of many people. And certainly there is little doubt that some of those hundreds of millions of dollars being invested into Afghanistan cell systems must be going to AOG leaders. Twisted, isn’t it?

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