The bureaucratic benefit of telling the public it's a Long War or Generational Struggle is then you're off the hook for, y'know, winning it.
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@emptywheel I've come to see the surge as merely the most intense distillation of post-9/11 project. Like a sauce that thickens on the heat.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel unsustainable tactical success that punts on addressing root causes, intense political passion, mass surveillance/detention, etc -
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@emptywheel part of the book project I've been kicking around. "The Bureaucrats' War."
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