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<blockquote data-quote="perfecxionX" data-source="post: 6539292" data-attributes="member: 572854">Believe me, i am no apologist for Islamic extremism (i&#039;m no friend of religion in general), but the United States has a tremendous PR problem in the Muslim world and part of it is a consequence of the policies we&#039;ve pursued for the last 50 years in that part of the world.&nbsp; Because of this there is a huge amount of cynicism and conspiracy theories among middle east Muslims, which is very convenient for terrorist groups who want to convince young men that the US is waging jihad on Muslims.&nbsp; We are very much involved in a propaganda war, and nothing is more detrimental to our progress than civilian casualties.Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been reported telling an interviewer, “I traveled three months to recruit and only got 10-15 persons. One bombing by the Americans that killed innocents, and I got hundreds of recruits!”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="perfecxionX, post: 6539292, member: 572854"] Believe me, i am no apologist for Islamic extremism (i'm no friend of religion in general), but the United States has a tremendous PR problem in the Muslim world and [I]part [/I]of it is a consequence of the policies we've pursued for the last 50 years in that part of the world. Because of this there is a huge amount of cynicism and conspiracy theories among middle east Muslims, which is very convenient for terrorist groups who want to convince young men that the US is waging jihad on Muslims. We are very much involved in a propaganda war, and nothing is more detrimental to our progress than civilian casualties. Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been reported telling an interviewer, “I traveled three months to recruit and only got 10-15 persons. One bombing by the Americans that killed innocents, and I got hundreds of recruits!” [/QUOTE]

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