Any plan to "counter violent extremism" that takes no account of US violence abroad is worthless. #CVEsummit #CVEspeakout
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Part of this stems from the old intellectual folk-belief that "tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner." This is squeamish garbage.
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Understanding of our opponents and their motivations is an asset but among US policy elites it's often treated like a contaminant, a stigma.
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Main response to 9/11 among US policy elites has been doubling down on denial that US actions abroad have any COSTS.
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This is a feature not just of disourse on "radicalization" but also on drones. Security costs to US of drones are militantly ignored.
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@ChMadar what's the point in believing in american exceptionalism if you can't just pretend negative ramifications of US policy don't exist?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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