The military just wants to get their side heard, which doesnt happen.
Damn I could have sworn the BBC broadcast those usual pentagon and white house briefings , I must have dreamt that they even do some of them live when the military says it is making a big announcement .
I think you will find Tex that the problem isn't that they don't get heard , it is just that what they do say is often shown to be rubbish in very short order .

This topic doesnt even come close to involving foriegn citizens.
How so , it is a global war on terror isn't it , the tripe is circulated round the world isn't it , you have allies in this fiasco don't you .
So how the hell can it not involve foreigners ?