Tuesday, November 27, 2012

No Obama Jokes In The Israeli Military

Photo: A screenshot of an image uploaded to the Israeli soldier Sacha Dratwa’s Facebook account in September.

Israeli Military’s Twitter Warrior Forced to Retreat After ‘Obama Style’ Blackface Joke -- The Lede

The young Israeli officer who leads the campaign to cast his nation’s military in a positive light on social networks restricted access to his own Facebook account on Sunday, after a Lebanese blogger discovered that the soldier had uploaded an image of himself with mud or dark paint on his face captioned, “Obama style.”

The officer, Lt. Sacha Dratwa, a 26-year-old who emigrated to Israel from Belgium eight years ago, was identified last week by Tablet and Gawker as the man marshaling Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest to support and celebrate the actions of the Israel Defense Forces.

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My Comment: This soldier is dumb .... for someone who is knowledgeable on the power of social media, he was caught totally unaware on the impact that he could have in such a community. I will not be surprised to see him "reassigned" to different duties in the next few days/weeks.

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