...American efforts have not only failed, they may also have achieved the opposite of what they intended. American direct intervention in the Muslim world has...while diminishing support for the United States to single digits in some Arab societies". Furthermore, it continued, "the war has increased mistrust of...

...promotes and defends. " [Emphasis in original] [4] The report discusses the result of our Iraq adventure. "American direct intervention in the Muslim World...while diminishing support for the United States to single digits in some Arab societies...the dramatic narrative since 9-11 has essentially borne out...

...received as "no more than self-serving hypocrisy," highlighted daily by the US occupation in Iraq. "Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather they hate our policies." The "dramatic narrative ... of the war on terrorism," Bush's grand story line connecting all the dots from...

...Pentagon advisory panel, in December 2004. The conclusions of the panel, however, were quite different. "Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather they hate our policies," the study concluded, adding that "when American public diplomacy talks about bringing democracy to Islamic...

...ideas among the Muslims of the world who were dismissive of US intentions and selfserving hypocrisy. 'Muslims do not hate our freedom, but rather they hate our policies', in particular the one-sided support of Israel and of tyrannies in the Islamic world like Egypt, Saudi...

...perhaps from what they see as apostate tyrannies that the US so determinedly promotes and defends.... Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather they hate our policies... when American public diplomacy talks about bringing democracy to Islamic societies, this is seen as...

...that the US has now joined Israel, the Arab people's traditional enemy, as their biggest threat. 325 "American direct intervention in the Muslim world has paradoxically elevated the stature and support for radical Islamists... What was a marginal network is now an Umma-wide movement fighting...

...own people, but not abroad."77 A 2004 report by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board concluded that "Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather they hate our policies," and the 9/1 1 Commission acknowledged that "it is simply a fact that American policy regarding the...

...2004, confirmation of this view came from an interesting source: a Pentagon report that pointed out "Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather they hate our policies." If we took this sentence seriously, we might question or change our policies in the Middle East. Bush's...

...Communication, September 2004, p. 40, http://www.acq. osd.mil/dsb/reports/2004-09-Strategic_ Communication.pdf ("American direct intervention in the Muslim World...our freedom,' but rather, they hate our policies."); Robert A. Pape, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (New York: Random House, 2005)....