War of ideas

[Not_hard_to_find]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/ts_nm/security_usa_ideas_dc_1

"The people of jihad need to carry out a media war parallel to the military war ... because we can observe the effect that the media have on nations," said the document, signed by Najd al-Rawi of the Global Islamic Media Front, a group associated with al Qaeda.

"It lists targets for a public relations campaign ranging from the obvious -- Internet chat rooms -- to the surprising -- 'famous U.S. authors with e-mail addresses' and mentions New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and the academics Noam Chomsky, Francis Fukuyama and Samuel Huntington."

And, it is deemed effective.

 

[El_Guero]

That does sound familiar.

 

[Daisy]

Deemed by whom?

 

[Not_hard_to_find]

Deemed by whom?

From the same article: 'Experts agree on the sophistication. "They (the jihadists) are more effective than us" on the propaganda front, said Peter Bergen, a terrorism expert at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank.'

Their link: http://www.newamerica.net/

 

[The Galatian]

They are more effective than our leaders on almost every front. This is the most incompetent pack of fools we've had running the government.

 

[Not_hard_to_find]

They are more effective than our leaders on almost every front. This is the most incompetent pack of fools we've had running the government.

Please explain how previous administrations were effective in dealing with terrorism where this one is not.

 

[carpro]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/ts_nm/security_usa_ideas_dc_1

"The people of jihad need to carry out a media war parallel to the military war ... because we can observe the effect that the media have on nations," said the document, signed by Najd al-Rawi of the Global Islamic Media Front, a group associated with al Qaeda.

As we have seen, they can count on the willing complicity of American news networks like CNN to broadcast their propaganda.