"In this case we have a Pakistani group that in the past would have targeted Pakistanis or maybe Americans in Afghanistan and now because of its affiliation with al-Qaida says, let me target Americans in New York City."
VOA: standard.2010.05.18
So emphasize your joint groupaffiliation, and he will like the rest of you too.
There was a great piece in the New Yorker the other day about that remarkable transformation and decisions made about groupaffiliation trumping policy.