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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Jul 2016

    Don’t be fooled by recent terror attacks: Islamic State is losing http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/07/07/don-fooled-recent-terror-attacks-islamic-state-losing/NbdNjfeIDhlA4gTwAyMU4M/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      1. Myst‏ @Elenchus11 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        no 1 ever thought they were "winning", rather that they are successfully slaughtering innocents, with no end in sight

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      2. David BOO!th Kogan‏ @MultipleNights 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Suicide attacks are what you use when you've decided you can't win battles.

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      3. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @MultipleNights @sapinker

        exactly! People resort to desperate measures like suicide bombings, child kidnappings, etc. when they're desperate

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      4. David BOO!th Kogan‏ @MultipleNights 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @sapinker

        true, though desperation isn't strictly necessary; rather, it's an aspect of asymmetrical warfare.

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      1. Alter Schwede‏ @CapYossarian 18 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Question is...who is losing faster

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      1. Stephen K. Mack‏ @StephenKMackSD 9 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman @BostonGlobe

        No matter how bad it gets Dr. Pangloss offers his perpetual analgesics #AllIsRightWithTheWorld

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      2. Rudolph Grant‏ @GodlessCanadian 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        ISIS knows it'll lose on the battlefield. They are sending thousands as refugees. Terror is just starting.

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      3. Russophobia is Haram‏ @PiratesMutiny 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @GodlessCanadian @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        No dumbass...refugees happen in ALL WARS! IGNORANT RACIST GARBAGE.

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      1. John Huckley‏ @John_Huckley 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Terrorism is ineffective. The real threat to western values is political Islam, and its ambitions for Sharia.

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      1. Djupstaten‏ @BZindiq 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        That's why they are more dangerous to urban areas both in the ME and the west (retaliation).

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      1. Chad Saylor‏ @saylors2112 8 Jul 2016
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        *recent* terror attacks?

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      2. kata‏ @cata_bgd 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        who cares? It's just a vehicle for an ideology; if this one loses there will be another and another one after that.

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      3. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @cata_bgd @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        I agree. At the same time, it's nice to know they can't win.

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      1. Silvio Capobianco‏ @capobianco_slv 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        The last tailstrokes of the dying dinosaur?

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      1. Andrew Jenkins‏ @AP_Jenkins 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        I've just finished your book. V. illuminating & reason to be optimistic! (I then read American Psycho) 😖

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      1. Baron Barlucci‏ @WhtchplVampire 8 Jul 2016
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        ...I pray you are right, but my spider-senses say that there is a fifth column being built inside America..

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      1. Sinjab Ahmar ك‏ @sinjab_ahmar 8 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Let's hope you are right.

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