So this is how our military rewards the brave troops fighting in a war of lies – by silencing them?

The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction on troops’ online activities since the start of the Iraq war. And it could mean the end of military blogs, observers say.

Military officials have been wrestling for years with how to handle troops who publish blogs. Officers have weighed the need for wartime discretion against the opportunities for the public to personally connect with some of the most effective advocates for the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq — the troops themselves. The secret-keepers have generally won the argument, and the once-permissive atmosphere has slowly grown more tightly regulated. Soldier-bloggers have dropped offline as a result.

This isn’t limited to just the military either, as the article goes on to say:

Active-duty troops aren’t the only ones affected by the new guidelines. Civilians working for the military, Army contractors — even soldiers’ families — are all subject to the directive as well.

So the wife of Joe soldier can’t even blog about how much she misses her husband? How about children of soldiers having MySpace accounts? This is a disgrace to our brave men and women, along with their families. This is the communistic type of leadership George Bush wants. And yes – it is George Bush as he is the Commander in Chief. Perhaps Congress needs to weigh in on this issue also.

Now little Suzie – go get daddies commander to approve what you are writing on your blog about the cute new boy at school!

UPDATE!

The warbloggers of the right are already blaming it on troops who don’t agree with Iraq. Funny how a bunch of armchair soldiers, who are too fucking coward to go fight, sit back and pass judgement on what ANY soldier is thinking. Bunch of cowards!