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Originally Posted by mrnoodle
The only place enemy propoganda is having the desired effect is on our own soil. The "insurgents" (a misnomer, as they are not from Iraq, nor are they fighting on behalf of Iraq -- they target civilians) are failing. Iraqis are not joining insurgent forces -- in fact, they're working with us, fighting alongside us, and refusing to give in to terrorism.
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I don't know if I agree with this statement. I tried reading this several times so as not to misquote, mislead, or take out of context thereby angering you...
. The propoganda is working very well off our soil. You have to remember, there are lots of people over in Iraq who have been led to believe that we are responsible for the misery in their country via the embargos. There are lots of folks over there who hate us after all these years just in general. When someone says something bad about the U.S., they are more apt to believe it than not. The terroists know this and use this very well. If it didn't work, they why bother release statements, videos, audio tapes. True, some of these have the United States as a targeted audience in mind, but it is very effective in Islmaic countries as well. I might not aide much in recruitment purposes, but it does bolster support and serves as justification for thier actions. Yeah, a lot of what is reported by the terrorists are not true (reports of abuse, number of dead woman and childern), but lots of people over there are not willing to give us the benifit of the doubt.