Even if that video does not actually increase support for the Islamic State, it will convince millions of Muslims that the US is up to its old military tricks: bombing for oil, or for Israel, or simply to crush all Muslims. Those anti-American attitudes, newly hardened once again, will make it much more difficult to get the necessary intelligence against the Islamic State on the ground and to deprive them of the support of other Sunni militias.
即便这样的视频不会实际增加对“伊斯兰国”的支持，但数百万穆斯林民众将因此深信美国又一次耍弄了已经用过无数次的军事技巧：为石油或为以色列轰炸，或者干脆就是为打击穆斯林民众。那些最近再次高涨的反美情绪将加大获取对抗“伊斯兰国”所需情报的难度，并使美国失去其他逊尼民间武装。