Not only that.
I've heard interviews with people in Afghanistan and other such countries that think America secretly supports in Al-Quaeda. Argument: "If America wants someone dead, they can always kill them. Al-Quaeda is alive, clearly America doesn't want them dead."
Think of it. People in the Middle East literally ascribe to America the power to reach anywhere in the world, and kill whoever they want, being completely unstoppable. That's omnipotence.
Sometimes, US forces even use local superstition.
Apparently, in Afghanistan at one point over the last few years, a B1 that had already done its thing managed to provide support by scaring away a bunch of tribal Taliban types in an absolute panic.
It just came in a bit low with afterburners lit. Said tribal sorts saw a rising plume of sand, lit from within, with a scream or roar or both, coming towards them. They scattered, apparently with screams of absolute terror.
Because in their mythos, mentioned in the Koran in detail, even, there's one thing that travels that way...a djinn.