This @DelWilber description of Hussain is the bee's knees of scribing: "adopted...the persona of a hipster thug."http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-fg-islamic-state-recruiter-20170406-story.html …
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I think so too. Though appreciate if we could not couch it as "fear machine" vs "agent provocateur" and debate the merits.
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The merits include meeting goals measured in certain metrics, and what those metrics serve needs to be part of debate.
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Sometimes hard not 2 think this is fear machine, if context of overall violence in the U.S. is missing.
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Yeah, but if you don't, you've got to provide SOME explanation for prioritizing Islamic terror violence over other kinds.
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Plus comparison of efficacy of methods (DOMTERR v Islamic) would be interesting to isolate how "valuable" fear is.
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I'd add someone who's good at public diplomacy/info ops but I'm not sure the US has anyone like that anymore. (I only half kid.)
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The "debate" has been going on for 16 years, but it's a rigged game. Always easier to scare people.
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