Former CIA operative Graham Fuller said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States could be a call for America to become less self-centered.

        “We're a huge country; we have an exciting, interesting life here, and I think we are kind of turned in on ourselves,” Mr. Graham told more than 150 people gathered at the Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati. “We are not entirely sensitive to what is going on outside.”

        A guest speaker of the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati, Mr. Fuller spent more than 20 years living mostly in the Muslim world, including Afghanistan.

        Mr. Fuller warned that America should avoid the pitfall of believing that Muslims hate the American value system. He said that they admire much about America, but resent U.S. foreign policy.

        According to Mr. Fuller, many Muslims hope the terrorist attacks will make America rethink its foreign policy.

        He said he doubted that ground troops would be sent to conquer Afghanistan. He also said terrorism will never be eradicated.

        Cincinnati businesses, community leaders and residents can help America heed the “wake-up call” of the terrorist attacks by talking to Muslims in the area, he said.

        “We need to bring them in, sit down, and talk about it and influence policy makers,” Mr. Fuller said. “These are very broad ideas, but we don't need another Band-Aid.”

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