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    1. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      So, Rule 3: when the followers invariably screw the organization over by murdering civilians, the leader has to protect the organization by distancing it from the actions.

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    2. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      There are a variety of ways to do this. PFLP, Fatah, and the Red Brigades don’t claim an action until there’s been positive press coverage. Hezbollah has fictitious organizations claim responsibility for damaging actions.

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    3. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      And, of course, damage control: apologizing, concession (a super-apology where you accept total responsibility), scapegoating, justification (“actually this is much more acceptable than it looks, because”), and/or bolstering (“but we have a fantastic free lunch program!”).

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    4. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      So, what does this mean for militant violence here in the US? Well, here are some interesting ramifications of Abrahms’s work.

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    5. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      If you take the bull male elephants out of a herd, the younger males run rampant. If a gang leader is arrested, the violence level of his gang ticks up. So what happens when a terrorist leader is killed in a decapitating drone strike?

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    6. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      Answer: the late terrorist leader's organization starts killing more civilians.

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    7. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      This is what happened as Israel launched decapitation strikes against the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade during the Second Intifada. Suddenly, the lower-level fighters were freed up to do more of what they really wanted to do, which was to kill Israeli civilians.

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    8. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      Which, in turn, of course, undercut popular support for the peace process among Israelis.

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    9. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      If you think about it, this creates a perverse incentive for counterterrorists: with decapitating strikes, you can actually get your enemies to increase their attacks on civilians, which undermines their public support.

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    10. David Hines‏ @hradzka 14 Jul 2019

      It also sounds kind of like what antifa’s done pretty effectively to white nationalist organizations, doesn’t it?

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 14 Jul 2019
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