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Originally Posted by MuslimZ
Masha'Allah. Anytime anyone has an opinion or viewpoint different from yours, they're automatically dismissed as part of some larger conspiracy. Believe it or not, this mentality is prevalent amongst the Iraqi people. They have no bloodlust or vengenance to fulfill. And you cannot deny the vast majority of suicide bombings and attacks from insurgents have resulted in Muslim Iraqi deaths more than anything else. Just as American media has the capacity to rose-tint and propagate, so too do the so-called Mujahideen bend and sensationalize the truth to capitalize on raw emotion.
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Nice post. Unfortunately, people believe what they want to believe rather than keep an open mind.
This isn't to say I believe this article or anything about it. For all we know, these could be actors (I don't think that, but anything is possible.) I certainly don't trust the government or corporate powers-that-be to give it to me straight.
Today it's almost impossible to trust any information source due to inaccuracies, agendas, and personal bias. Rather than disseminating unaltered information (as true news should be) most sources of "information" these days are one-sided colllections of facts and opinions designed to further some agenda, sell newspapers, and evoke knee-jerk emotional reactions.
But that's our own fault as much as anything else. We WANT to read about content that supports our side....not something that might possibly imply that we could be wrong in some respect.
"Fair and balanced?" Give me a break....we don't want fair and balanced. We want one-sided, emotional rants that validate our points of view and make us feel better about ourselves. The reason the media feeds us this crap is very simple:
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
Shahnawaz will likely maintain his beliefs and opinions (without much change) until the day he dies. Others will devoutly maintain the strict belief that the American forces are doing good over there (although we have seen in many cases they are not.)
So is there truth to this article? Who knows? Depends on whom you ask....All I can say with a fair amount of certainty is that most people would rather die than adopt or even consider an alternative point of view on anything.