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International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Senior Editor @ArcDigi. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.

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    1. Irreverent Testimony‏ @IrreverentDuo Sep 11

      Irreverent Testimony Retweeted Nicholas Grossman

      I'd go with "twisted, insane zealots" rather than try to get into some meaningless zero-sum "brave/cowardly" debate. The former explains the danger succinctly enough.https://twitter.com/NGrossman81/status/1039487271416815616 …

      Irreverent Testimony added,

      Nicholas Grossman @NGrossman81
      Unpopular opinion: The 9/11 hijackers weren't cowardly. What they did was hard. It took guts. That's not a compliment. It's an honest assessment of what we're up against. I'm not sure why people feel a need to call them cowards. https://twitter.com/SenBillNelson/status/1039480675655671808 …
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    2. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Sep 11
      Replying to @IrreverentDuo

      Twisted, yes. Insane, no. Strategies for stopping insane people are quite different from stopping ones that act rationally. Also, I study this stuff for a living, and readily acknowledge I’m more interested into getting into the weeds than most.

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    3. Sir DirtyUncle Kevin‏ @DirtyUncleKevin Sep 11
      Replying to @NGrossman81 @IrreverentDuo

      Would you argue that they were rational actors?

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    4. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Sep 11
      Replying to @DirtyUncleKevin @IrreverentDuo

      Yes. Had goals, and undertook a strategy to achieve them. Whether the strategy was smart or dumb, and whether it worked or failed, it’s still rational.

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    5. Irreverent Testimony‏ @IrreverentDuo Sep 11
      Replying to @NGrossman81 @DirtyUncleKevin

      I was taught IR under the framework of realist rational actors vs. ideologues, and it would seem the 9/11 terrorists would certainly fit into the latter, despite having a cogent strategy to achieve their goals, But this is the problem with looking at terrorism under the lens 1/

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    6. Irreverent Testimony‏ @IrreverentDuo Sep 11
      Replying to @IrreverentDuo @NGrossman81 @DirtyUncleKevin

      of classic IR theory, because it's asymmetrical warfare. The hijackers didn't represent a nation/alliance of nations per se, yet we (The US under the W Admin) tried to ram that square peg into the round hole - The Iraq and Afghan wars. And we know how that turned out. 2/

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      Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Sep 11
      Replying to @IrreverentDuo @DirtyUncleKevin

      In the discipline, we still talk some about realists vs. idealists, but don't treat "realist" and "rational" as synonyms. The definition of "rational" from game theory has taken over IR, along with much of social science.

      1:30 PM - 11 Sep 2018 from Urbana, IL
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        1. Irreverent Testimony‏ @IrreverentDuo Sep 11
          Replying to @NGrossman81 @DirtyUncleKevin

          It has admittedly been a few years.. so I can see that. Interestingly. I had just started my last undergrad semester in September.. 2001. My professors basically said half of what's on the syllabus is now useless,.. and they tried cobble together post 9/11 curricula in real time.

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