MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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What change is being effected in the middle east, or anywhere else for that matter? Who dislikes the US less now? Is the world a safer place?
Change? Don't know. Hard to tell. Rarely does significant change of this nature occur in a three month window.
Who dislikes the US less now? Apparently, many people think better of the US now. I live in Europe and I see it and hear it all the time.
Is the world safer? Again, don't know.
Taking cognizance of and being sensitive to your audience doesn't solve all problems, but it doesn't hurt either. I would think that isn't a terribly controversial idea.
It's almost a foregone consensus among the experts on Islamic fundamentalism that no one western democracy can influence the jihadi mindset. That must be done by moderate Muslims who follow the Qu'ran's doctrines as a whole, and don't use the cherry picked 111 verses out of the 6,346 as being their only guidance. When Obama speaks to the Muslim world this week, THOSE are the people he wants to reach and encourage. Even George Bush said many times that we are not at war with Islam.