"US blocks soldiers from websites "

that they are all different aspects of one war.

is subjective. I count three, you count one.
Anyway, my thought in posting it was to point out yet another incongruity in our lives these days:
'Why do you fight, soldier?'
'To preserve freedom.'
'And how much freedom do you have?'
'I can't say ... No, really, I can't say, or they'll arrest me.'

at work or school. Is limiting internet access on a work computer a limitation of a civilian's freedoms? The article stated that people with personal computers won't be affected. Military personnel are "on the job" 24/7/365, that's why they are "off-duty", "on liberty", or "on leave" as opposed to off work or on vacation.

Although the "other 11 sites" the article mentioned weren't named, I'm sure there are other sites available that the deployed personnel can use to communicate with their people at home. (I'm sure they provide email accounts for them). MySpace and YouTube are bandwidth suckers. MySpace pages have so many external ads and the YouTube site videos automatically start streaming when a page with one is loaded. I can see their point.

In short, although I am fully aware that the US military isn't always up front about their actions (they've gotten other flak about that lately) but I don't see anything deceptive about this. And even if they did want to limit internet use for security purposes there's nothing wrong or abnormal about that. Again, the military can dictate what personnel do while off-duty. They don't have all the freedoms civilians do. It's just the way it is and has been. It's nothing new.

Exactly.
"Things are different when there's a war on," from
http://forums.cnet.com/5224-6130_102-0.html?forumID=50&threadID=247757&messageID=2487786

So, after all the suffering and death, armies and their wars don't improve the world. Just the opposite.

war or peacetime. I know personally because I was in the US military during peacetime. They did dictate what we wore, did, said or where we went in while foreign countries, and to a lesser extent at home.

The policy is not unjustifiable, that's my point. I think you are looking for indignation where it isn't due. I'm not pro-war, mind you, just a realist.

well-established that the owner of the computer - myself, DOD, whomever - controls access and use. And I have no indignation, since I'm not in the service (any more), and I leave mens' wars to themselves. But this development is a new one, similar to those in China and other restrictive places, and it reminds me of the proverbial frog in the pot of water. I was wondering if anyone else, those with a stake in the situation, also noticed it this way.

Based on previous observations in the world, I see it as a "next step". If so, a prudent person would prepare for even more restrictions.

...when you mentioned "MySpace and YouTube are bandwidth suckers." and "MySpace pages have so many external ads and the YouTube site videos automatically start streaming when a page with one is loaded."

Tried so access these to see what all the hoopla is about. And could't get then to load. And could not get some shopping site images to load. Then you're post reminded me that I had blocked Flash. Seems the littlest thing bite me on the a..
er-a-heal. Yeah, that's it, heal.

Thanks.

Charlie

"Bandwidth suckers" is true, from what I've heard. BTW I recently went on MySpace from a page on [an adult] someone I was interested in. The page showed a pic of one of the site's "friends" - "14-yr-old girl". Has to be trouble for anyone going further: It's either a real girl, a pedophile, or ... CBS!
There are better ways of learning things. 1 Cor 15:33.

sure what Dragon was posting about.

E.g., Western troops in Saudia Arabia aren't free to have a cold beer just anywhere.

Anyway, I still see it as "another brick in the wall". If so, there are more to come; always a nasty surprise for those who see "business as usual". Ps 146:3

Reports are that the several thousand younger members of the royal family do indulge from time to time, at private parties out of the country. And of course they have chauffeurs.