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Originally Posted by FOG3
So we're somehow stupid, because we aren't playing petty propaganda games? I suppose the press is impressed with that. Why would we need to sink to such a level? Especially as it would only play into their hands, hence why the guy is suggesting it.
Translation: Act like the Soviet Union so we can more effectively demonize you.
No thanks. The USNS Mercy has helped people in various countries and thus helped to turn opinion in our favor. It's much harder to demonize the guys that just saved your kid, rebuilt your road, etc.
I would say our efforts might be further applied in getting the young men off their butts and doing something productive thus depriving terrorist organizations of a recruiting base. |
So you want to quit the battlefield of ideas and cede it to the irhabi? Far from being petty, exploiting ideological differences or spinning any differences as ideological is savvy. Humanitarian missions may be effective is reaching out and touching many, but it's still the drifting younger male that will be attracted to ideas that we need to be worried about.