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To: JohnM who wrote (71632)	2/5/2003 11:09:38 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes. Several points struck me: 1. The ideology and money supporting this U.S. terrorist (or, at least, apologist of terrorism), comes from Saudi Arabia. They are supposedly our allies, yet they fund the spread of terrorist ideology in a worldwide campaign (this being one of innumerable examples). 2. After 9/11, the U.S. hesitantly started a "feel-good" advertizing campaign. A series of ads, featuring happy U.S. Muslims, was aired in mass media outlets in Muslim countries. The campaign was stopped in its infancy, when Muslim governments complained (and, again, it was our Muslim "allies" who made us stop this HeartsAndMinds program). They want to propagandize here, but they don't want to reciprocate. 3. I was surprised at the large numbers of Muslims in U.S. prisons. Our prison system has long been a school where criminals refine their skills; it seems that misguided attempts at multiculturalism could make prisons into schools for terrorists, with both teachers and students supported at U.S. taxpayer expense.