**Dons flameproof suit**
I think it has less to do with what our military is posting and way more to do with what they are doing on government time. While it does suck that the guys in Iraq or Afghanistan can’t access it overseas as a connection to home, it seems that an all or nothing approach is what they are going for. I am sure that a portion of our military is monitoring the sites for any information that would be helpful. But let’s be honest; there is nothing on Youtube or Myspace, etc that these guys are missing out on that would be imperative to their job performance.
If you want to place blame, place it on the members that abused it to the point where it has come to this. Plenty of private companies ban these sites from their company networks. This isn’t really any different.
I have called for a total media blackout from Iraq and Afghaninstan. That includes all internet communications, broadcast media, and print media forms, except those authorised by the US government (and Iraqi government).