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Terror Networks & Islam
Newsflash: Muslim World Largely Anti-American
2005-05-19
Nice headline. We might also add that the Muslim world is largely feudal, plagued by ummm... plagues, wallowing in illiteracy, ignorance and xenophobia, and in the majority of countries making it up possessed of rulers ranging from the venal to the lunatic. Oderint dum metuant.
Anti-American feelings are widespread in the Muslim world and extend to U.S. consumer brands, according to a report released Wednesday. It suggested the U.S. burnish its image with a change in tone and by publicizing aid programs.
What the hell have we been doing? Keeping them secret?
How culturally insensitive. The culturally sensitive thing to do is to invite the muslim heathens to the true religion (pick one). If they refuse, then make jihad.
The United States should emphasize its development aid jizya welfare checks to Muslim countries rather than try to persuade Muslims to support U.S. policies in Iraq or in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to the Council on Foreign Relations report. The report, by Charney Research, is based on 14 focus groups conducted last December and January among college-educated men and women in Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia. Anger at U.S. foreign policy and at the U.S. government dominated spontaneous reactions in all three countries. Many young Muslims said they admired Osama bin Laden,
The voice of moderate muslims speaks, when will the west listen?
"Us college-educated Moose limbs really like him, 'cuz he's groovy an' he's got a turban."
while views of President Bush were uniformly negative. All focus group members rejected U.S. views of the war in Iraq, saying the United States invaded on a false premise to further its own regional goals.
It's just that our regional goals involve dragging the benighted inhabitants thereof out of poverty and ignorance and into something approaching a civilized life. It probably won't work, because swine love their mud...
Anti-Semitic stereotypes also were noted. Focus group members saw the United States and Israel as synonymous and estimated the proportion of Jews in the U.S. population at up to 85 percent; it is 2 percent.
Even the German under Nazism weren't this delusonal.
The report found negative opinions of the United States are taking a toll on U.S. companies, and that amounts of U.S. aid were massively underestimated; not one person in any focus group knew the U.S. is the world's largest donor by dollar amount.
Cut them off. Let them starve. It's allah's will.
"Most Egyptians and Indonesians put U.S. support for their countries over 10 years in millions; the correct figures were $7.3 billion and $1 billion, respectively," the authors said.
It's a hell of a lot more than that. US aid to Egypt has been consistent at $2billion a year since Sadat.
When asked what they wanted from the United States, focus group members said respect and aid to develop as their countries choose.
How about scorn and North Korean edible rock imports?
The Council on Foreign Relations, founded in 1921, is a nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to helping members and policy-makers better understand the world and governmental policy choices, according to its Web site. The council has headquarters in New York and an office in Washington, D.C.
wonder if they had a front seat to the WTC collapse?
Charney Research is a private consulting firm in New York that offers opinion polling and market research.
Never turn your back:
Koran 47:035 Be not fainthearted then; and invite not the infidels to peace when ye have the upper hand: for God is with you, and will not defraud you of the recompense of your works
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#9  Damn! When did this happen?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-05-19 14:45  

#8  In other important breaking news...ursine mammals defecate in areas of thick forestation!
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2005-05-19 14:43  

#7  aid to develop as their countries choose...


Develop a better madrassa system, develop nukes and chem/bio weapons, further develop a sense of raging paranoia, all the while leaving the peasantry ignorant and seething...
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-05-19 13:22  

#6  Great, brilliant. Another sweeping, vague, collectivist, unsubstantiated, fresh, steaming, heap from the Big BM,
Posted by: Annie War   2005-05-19 13:21  

#5  Lol, lex! Clinton's Excellent Foreign Policy Adventure cum MSM meme du jour. Bullseye! *applause*
Posted by: .com   2005-05-19 13:10  

#4  Here's a thought: why don't we demonstrate our good will toward the muslim world by finding an oppressed (by Christians) muslim insurgency that we can support, with massive displays of air power, so as to save many thousands of innocent muslims from slaughter by the infidels?

Oh, wait, sorry-- forgot we already did that. Our recompense: two years later we get attacked by muslim jihadists and millions of muslims applaud. File under "intentions; road to hell"
Posted by: thibaud (aka lex)   2005-05-19 12:34  

#3  ROFL! An example of Perfect Geometry. The poster and the Sheriff intersect - and achieve Unity in thought and deed, lol! Perfect story, perfect graphic, perfect in-line commentary.

Muslim World Largely Anti-American
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Of course they are. It's what they do.
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Fuck Yeah!
Posted by: .com   2005-05-19 12:00  

#2  No prob - the feeling's mutual.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-05-19 10:53  

#1  Muslim World largely anti-American or anti-non-muslim?
Posted by: milford   2005-05-19 10:03  

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