Precisely. ....and the results are predictable. Any attempt to convince the Muslim world that we're "really nice guys" and that they should jump on the America-led civilization bandwagon rather than continue to live in poverty and ignorance is simply doomed to failure, and I have a great piece of land in Gaza to sell to anyone who believes otherwise.
The only language the Muslim world is capable of understanding is the language of overwhelming military power and the will to use it, so pussyfooting around and worrying about our image is worse than an utter waste of time -- it's dangerous.