| #1 If this is directed towards the West, it is not particularly effective for several reasons: 1. the numbers appear inflated, 2. the numbers appear inconsistent, and 3. it misses its intended audience, and 4. the distortions are not believable. If it is a pep talk for the jihadis, it is probably effective to give them a boost for the some of the same reasons it is ineffective in the West. Now, if this propaganda threw in some frames of people in the West burning a Koran or slandering the profit, they would most likely go nuts. |