The biggest obstacle to winning the GWOT is the majority in Western Civilization who believe that al-Qaeda is unpopular among Muslims, and that we have firm and useful allies in their countries. And we can't expect to stop terror financing abroad as long as we allow Homeland-jihadis - members of CAIR, ISNA, AMC, etc - to use funds acquired here, to spread terror abroad. What an example! However, the Jakarta Post tells it as it is.
"...As America showed the world about its poor understanding of Islam, bin Laden's biggest "missile" fired at the U.S. -- which it failed to recognize -- was the unleashing of religious emotion and the fanning of hatred toward the West.
Under the banner of Islam, bin Laden enticed the diverse Muslim communities across the globe into believing that they were a single front united against the West. He appears to have harvested thousands of disillusioned youths in the process, left out by the scourge of globalization and failed governments..."
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