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The perception of ridicule didn't do a whole lot for the Danes when they published the cartoons.
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Didn't they mock Allah...not the terrorists themselves? Big difference IMHO.
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I think you have to understand the target audience before you start playing mind games or showing your distane for them. Got to get inside their heads and push the right buttons. Push the wrong buttons and you become part of the problem.
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Agreed. That's a prereq for being able to conducta successful PSYOP campaign, which I think we're lacking right now. If every time a bomb went off, there was massive media coverage from the Iraqis with the theme being "Look at how the terrorist are destroying our country - shouldn't we take action to stop this?" Then list ways the common guy on the street could help prevent problems, from reporting, observation, etc. Establish systems to help them help themselves. I know. Easier said then done. What's the alternative?
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Your goal should be to destroy the myth that they are invincible but through demonstrated action that can be seen and understood by the target audience and those that they wish to influence in a manner that shows without any doubt that their stated beliefs and actions have led to this particular failure.
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Separate the fish from the sea they swim in.
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It is all about perception and in a target audience who has been cultured from day one to believe that their role is right and guided by their god it becomes reality until it is demonstrated that perhaps their god is not on their side.
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An AC-130 can help do that.
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Western media and statements from the "infidels" without being backed up by actions understood and accepted by the target audience as failures in their effort or system only provides fodder for their psyop and our own anti-war movement. The west is still hooked on walking, talking like a duck when they need to walk and talk like a camel.
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Exactly. The news stories/PSYOP spin need to come from the people we are trying to help.
Perhaps a couple could intern with Bill O'Reilly.