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I don't really care what the majority of the planet thinks of us, to be honest. This isn't something that just happened in the last decade. Not sure why anyone is surprised to think we aren't the most popular people on the planet.
I don't agree with what they did. But I also don't disagree with what they did. I agree with Brennan that isn't unknowable if it worked or not, but I do wonder in my mind just how much Mohammed would have given up for a cookie and a soft warm bed. But again, that would be like speculating how different my life would have been if I'd taken a left turn on November 18, 1979 instead a right. You can't answer it.
So now that this is all out in the open (even though everyone knew years ago, which is why the EITs were stopped), what does the report suggest be done about it?
The point of the report was to give us that black-eye, it was never the point to make suggestions. The report itself was a political stunt with real implications for us internationally. But we are here now, we cannot unring this bell thanks to the idiots on the hill. However, we did all these things. Why does no one want to talk about that?
And you should care what the international community thinks, how we have decided to engage the majority of the planet is what really puts us in danger. The fact that we did these things, and now more know about it in detail is what puts us in danger. It is more than the report, it is our willingness to ignore our own principles of law when running around the planet telling the rest of the world what to do.