What impact will War Atrocity Video have on Arab public opinion?

[DuaneBidoux]

What will be the impact on Arab pubic opinion from the video showing the American soldier executing an injured unarmed prisoner?

[mike_c]

1. can you say jihad...?

I knew you could.

[DuaneBidoux]

2. I just saw that it is getting major play all over the Arab world.

[mmonk]

3. Not much

They have already seen a ton of stuff out of Iraq that the US public hasn't.

[DuaneBidoux]

5. From the Arab links I'm reading it's bad shit.

[mmonk]

6. True

but I heard some Arab anchors on NPR that think the play it will get will die out sooner than Abu Ghraib. They do get the video uncensored though, unlike here where images are blurred.

[DuaneBidoux]

7. Just accidently flipped through right wing radio and they pissed

at the media for reporting it. War crime? Never! He's an American hero. While I'm not going to call him a war criminal and do believe it is the kind of shit that unfortunately happens in war, trying to turn the guy into a hero like I just heard on AM radio is BS.

[mmonk]

8. America is in a sick place right now,

full of propaganda, hatred, and ignorance played like a fiddle by these people in power and their scum mouthpieces on the radio. Mark my words, the US is in trouble right now and its image tarnished for generations which will affect any attempt at any international concensus we may want in the future.

[Fleurs du Mal]

4. Hard for it to get worse but...

now all the "lazy, couch potato" young Arabs will join the jihad ranks.