Editing Michael Scheuer (section)

===''Imperial Hubris''===
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In his second book, ''Imperial Hubris'', a [[New York Times bestseller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]], Scheuer writes that the Islamist threat to the United States is rooted in "how easy it is for Muslims to see, hear, experience, and hate the six U.S. policies bin Laden repeatedly refers to as anti-Muslim:
* U.S. support for apostate, corrupt, and tyrannical Muslim governments.
* U.S. and other Western troops on the Arabian Peninsula.
* U.S. support for Israel that keeps Palestinians in the Israelis' thrall.
* U.S. pressure on Arab energy producers to keep oil prices low.
* U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
* U.S. support for Russia, India, and China against their Muslim militants."<ref>Imperial Hubris, p. 241</ref>

Scheuer contends that Al-Qaeda is following a martial strategy that is more rational than it is given credit for among Western politicians and media. He cites [[Carl von Clausewitz]]'s dictum that one must strike one's enemy's "center of gravity", and pairs it with an al-Qaeda writer's assertion that "the American economy is the American center of gravity".<ref>''Imperial Hubris''. p. 101</ref>

In a videotape released around September 7, 2007, Osama bin Laden stated, "If you want to understand what's going on and if you would like to get to know some of the reasons for your losing the war against us, then read the book of Michael Scheuer."<ref name=sep7 />