I honestly don't think the masses are as stupid as you constantly claim. .
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Al Qaeda seems to be their most vocal when things are NOT going well for >> them....but when they are quiet, that's usually a bad sign. > > Very good question ... this is parallel to my supposition that Obama's > greatest strength (to this issue) is his skin color and his name. > > If you consider events from, say, a Egyptian's perspective (something, > granted, tough for a westerner to do), here's how things would look to > me: > > * AQ says the problems with my country (poverty, etc) are because the > west (the US specifically) is keeping me down. > > - This makes sense with George Bush in power: he's the son an oil man > and great friends with the Saudi kings not to mention the US taxpayer > is directly supporting the dictator that runs my country. The US, and > the Bush's, want my country's oil to keep them rich and to do that > they're keeping this dictator rich and in power. Bastards! > > - With Obama, the US takes on a much more "I can relate to him" > presence. Obama looks like me and has a name like me. He's not a > rich oil guy, in fact his grandparents live close by. Yes the US is > greedy and wants out oil, and yes they support my dictator, but maybe > this isn't the grand conspiracy I had thought. maybe if I expelled > this dictator i could sell Obama our oil ... > > In this second speculation, the AQ message is diluted and even > contradicted. Further, in that scenario I wouldn't want to attack the > US as I want their dollars. Sure I'd still pity them and their > meaningless lives, ** but maybe the problem is better dealt with by > attacking my dictator at home rather than his backers abroad ** > > My hope is that I'm right and that therefore where AQ is, is lost in > this new realization powered by Faceboo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335863 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
