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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Sure I know there are tons (90+%) of moderate Muslims who aren't advocating terrorism, but those people aren't going to become extremists every time we say bad words like "crusade" or something. It's the people that are extremists already that tend to care, and I for one don't give a rat's arse about some extremists' feelings.
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It only takes one bomb to turn a moderate into an extremist. When you are invading a nation, you should be careful not to use the sort of language that is guaranteed to inflame anger and smear your purpose there. It is both detrimental to our strategic goals and dangerous for our troops on the ground.
More than that, what sort of nation do we want to be? As satisfying as it might be to fly in the face of global opinion, it hasn't helped our worldwide esteem.