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Originally Posted by BudW
worrying about image over our own troops safety is not the way to win a war with islamist.
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Just a drunk Russian opinion:
It is a most critical move in any war, and certainly this one. When one tries to gain support inside and outside his country for a war, and one's troops are known as looting vultures, many people will object the war.
As the soldiers in Iraq are struggling against leftism, and countless anti-war websites emerge with links showing soldiers barbarising Iraqi people, shellings of mosques would only upset more people, and perhaps trigger a terror wave in the UK that forces it to pull out. Who knows, might happen.
Then there is this much-discussed Islam thingy. The US, no matter how mighty, would lose a war against the entire Islamic world united. Perhaps not conquered, but it will have to live buttoned up in a quasi-apartheid system for the rest of it's days. Therefore, it is VERY important to show the Islamic world that it is not Islam the war is against, but the war on terror.
Because the war is an insurgency and nearly unwinnable by conventional means, the coalition must win allies on the other side.
Those allies, if cooperating with the US, would stir up a wave of upsetness amongst the moderate muslims, who will help overthrow the radicals and return the Middle East into a peaceful existence.
As the majority of the moderate muslims deep in the heart support, or at least condone the deeds of the "Jihadi" it is very important to get the public relations right.
Please open up your brain and start processing information.
Gentlemen, this is what a chew toy looks like, right?