No conflict is immutable. Elie Wiesel survived Auschwitz to see Germany lead a united Europe, after nearly destroying it twice in 40 years.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Susan Spector McPherson
Empire State building & Eiffel tower changed lights to mourn with Istanbul. I hope they do so for Baghdad as well.https://twitter.com/susanmcp1/status/749664748170518528 …
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Susan Spector McPhersonVerified account @susanmcp1Tragic. The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about via@washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/03/the-worst-alleged-isis-attack-in-days-is-the-one-the-world-probably-cares-least-about/?campaign_id=A100&campaign_type=Email …7 replies 55 retweets 78 likes -
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Condemnation by "islamic leaders" is broad & routine. Along with protests & anger at leaders for failing to stop it. https://twitter.com/Jens_Krueger/status/749695688682930176 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted PollingReport.com
One in three Americans & one in two Republicans believe that the US President is an ISIS sympathizer. I... I...https://twitter.com/pollreport/status/749672162185719808 …
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ISIS killed this Palestinian child. He was injured at the Istanbul airport, later died. His mother was also killed.pic.twitter.com/oegdg7kd5C
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They were in Istanbul celebrating the mother's new degree in history from a university in Mecca. Typical ISIS victim: a family.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Peter Maass
Region long wrecked by violence. We already forgot the Iraq war(s). Yemen war forgotten without ever being noticed.https://twitter.com/maassp/status/749230435088142336 …
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ISIS is horrible and vicious. Any discussion of how they came to be that's not rooted in events in MENA in past 50 years is.. defective.
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You can't discuss pre-2001 Taliban without understanding the Soviet war, occupation, US-Saudi counter jihad & the refugee camps in Pakistan.
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ISIS is also not outside of history. Decades of war, brutal regimes, occupations, mass displacement produce.. horror. Khmer Rouge. DRC, etc.
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But remember. Horrors end. Peace comes. Even quickly. It's only the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Somme, an insanity of mass violence.
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Having lived in a European city whose people were TWICE massacred by Germans in living memory, I'm not buying immutable, eternal conflicts.
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