ISIS does not represent Islam no matter what anyone thinks.

[AtheistCrusader]

19. *There* have had a great deal more success, with Americans.

It's not pleasant though. It mostly involves showing people, clearly, and in a very succinct form, uncomfortable things like

1. How this nation treats returning vets.
2. Conditions on the ground abroad.
3. The flow of money through the pentagon, and the waste churn on the other side.
4. Failed states in the wake of our nation building efforts.

That first item almost never fails to resonate powerfully with that target audience. But you have to be quick about it. Basically it needs to be accompanied with an element of surprise, so their jingoistic barriers come down for a moment, and they actually *look* at the evidence.

It's tricky, but in many ways, it's a much easier order than the religion thing, whichever religious subject might be at hand. (Or whatever subject that might be hiding behind religion)

The waste thing... Easy peasy.

Sixteen unusable transport aircraft that the U.S. government bought for the Afghan Air Force have been scrapped for pennies on the dollar, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

All told, the Defense Department spent $486 million for 20 G222 planes, of which 16 were sold as scrap to an Afghan construction company for about $32,000, the office announced Thursday in a news release. The remaining four planes are being stored at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

Pennies on the dollar is a misnomer, in this case. That's actually FAR less than one cent per dollar.