By Arvind Nair
The cultural stalemate between the American establishment and the Muslim world must end if the two worlds are to confront vital issues.This advice to the new US president is contained in a publication, Engaging the Muslim World - A Communication Strategy to Win the War of Ideas, part of the Opportunity 08 initiative by the Brookings Institution and ABC News. The study is written by Hady Amr of the Brookings Institution. The institution will open a Doha Centre by the end of the year.Few American political and military institutions employ people well-versed in the language or culture of the Muslim world.
In the paper, co-authored by Dr P W Singer, also of Brookings, Amr explains how the citizens of many predominantly Muslim nations hold a dim view of the US. Amr has recommendations for the future president to help bridge the divide.
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Of course it has to be the Americans that change...I am sure there are no suggestions for how the blood thirsty world caliphate jihadists must change before they approach another civilization...
That would be too much and of course Singer & Amr's heads would be put on the list to get the islamic headchop...
It's always the dhimmis that have to do the changing, never the blood thirsty debauched islamic hordes, with their jihad, terror, sex with babies and animals, wife beating, death to apostates, inbreeding, etc...etc...etc...
Engaging the Muslim World
Opportunity 08
Peter W. Singer, Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative cont occurs here
Hady Amr, Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies
A critical pillar of success in the war on terrorism is restoring the world's trust in America's word. Fortifying this pillar should be a top priority of the next President, with a special focus on relations with the Muslim world. To win the war of ideas with those advocating violence against America and Americans, we must act quickly to rebuild the shattered foundations of understanding between the United States and predominantly Muslim states and communities.
For America's efforts at public diplomacy and strategic communications to be effective, the U.S. government must move beyond understanding the problem as simply a global popularity contest. The very success of American foreign policy depends on how the United States can engage with, and help shape the views and attitudes held by, foreign populations. Both how and with whom America speaks create the environment in which our policies sink or swim. Quickly upon taking office, the next President should initiate a strategic planning process leading to a National Security Presidential Directive for improving our relationship with the Muslim world. The President should also take personal steps to use a limited window of opportunity to "reboot" that relationship, such as an early presidential trip to Muslim nations [Yeah, so she or he could get killed and have the likes of Fatah al Islam, Al Queda, Moslem Brotherhood claiming that they killed an American president...Yup, that's right the President of the United States should just go right into the center of the an angry hornets nest...ed. A.I], meeting with reporters from Arabic-language media, and clearly condemning anti-Islamic bias. The strategy should then be institutionalized, backed by specific policy initiatives, including:
- creating an America's Voice Corps
- establishing American Centers in predominantly Muslim countries and implementing an American Knowledge Library initiative
- privatizing Al Hurra television and Radio Sawa and launching "C-SPANs" for the Muslim world [So they can do what?!? Broadcast anti-American propaganda?!? Like they have been doing?!?...ed. A.I.]
- bolstering cultural exchange programs, while fixing problems with the visa process [Like we already don't have enough potential jihadists coming here, let alone the 25% of American moslems that think suicide bombing is OK...Let's bring in some more, so our streets can run red with blood...ed. A.I.]
- harnessing America's diversity by engaging Arab- and Muslim Americans
- involving the whole federal bureaucracy in public diplomacy [Whose public?!? Are they suggesting that the U.S. government brain wash its own people in order to make Americas islamization even smoother & faster?!? ed. A.I.]
- developing military exchange networks and incorporating public diplomacy into the Pentagon budget. [Military exchange networks?!? Don't the Saudis, etc. have enough of American weaponry?!? It's good for us that their culture prevents them from being able to use our weaponry to 100% of its potential or we would be in a lot of trouble...ed A.I.]
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Why Arabs Lose Wars
Fighting as you train, and the impact of culture on Arab military effectiveness.
The author, a retired U.S. Army colonel, draws upon many years of firsthand observation of Arabs in training to reach conclusions about the ways in which they go into combat. His findings derive from personal experience with Arab military establishments in the capacity of U.S. military attache and security assistance officer, observer officer with the British-officered Trucial Oman Scouts (the security force in the emirates prior to the establishment of the UAE), as well as some thirty years of study of the Middle East.~ Ed.
ARABIC-SPEAKING ARMIES have been generally ineffective in the modern era. Egyptian regular forces did poorly against Yemeni irregulars in the 1960s. Syrians could only impose their will in Lebanon during the mid-1970s by the use of overwhelming weaponry and numbers. Iraqis showed ineptness against an Iranian military ripped apart by revolutionary turmoil in the 1980s and could not win a three-decades-long war against the Kurds. The Arab military performance on both sides of the 1990 Kuwait war was mediocre. And the Arabs have done poorly in nearly all the military confrontations with Israel. Why this unimpressive record? There are many factors — economic, ideological, technical — but perhaps the most important has to do with culture and certain societal attributes which inhibit Arabs from producing an effective military force.
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Pertinent Links:
1) US-Muslim ‘cultural stalemate must end’
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