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Old 10-04-2010, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BurtReynoldsMoustache View Post
Regardless of who is right or wrong, indigenous people tend to blame things on the occupying force. Being dismissive of problems that they blame you for is not how you win their hearts and minds and gives insurgent organizations a powerful recruiting tool.
Tell that to the Native Americans, the Aboriginals of Austrialias, the early Britians when the Romans came, the Germanic tribes, and the Mongols - who's empire stretched from the Pacific almost to Egypt.
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