While we’re beating the hell out of the Iraqis, Sharon and the Israelis are beating the hell out of the Palestinians every day. So we have an overwhelming media flow into the Muslim world of infidels killing Muslims. It’s a one-sided view, but it’s their perception. And unless you deal with what they think, you’re never going to understand what we’re up against.

— Anonymous (Michael Scheuer), author of Imperial Hubris
In an interview with The American Conservative editors Philip Giraldi, Kara Hopkins, and Scott McConnell

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