Media outlets and government circles both cringe and ... ... subject of Westerners leaving the West to go fight in Syria and Iraq with the Islamic State arises. While ... ... process (and more importantly the failure of the intelligence community and state department to make ... ...
Reality in America, if you are not able to hook into upward mobility and access privileged success, is a fairly ... ... think plausible.
Against this backdrop, it is inexcusable that American agents find themselves at a loss ...
... absence of diligence on the part of Western analysts covering the Middle East than by any miraculous strength of force on the part ... ... bolstered by the hardened fighters located largely in eastern Syria, where there has always been a heavy population of Sunni ... ... post-conflict society-building that last long after battles and wars have ended and leave indelible wounds that are easily poked ... ... region but also perhaps as a direct threat to its own national security goals, given the open declarations from ISIS that it wants ...
The Intelligence Community, regardless of regime type, has famously always tried to co-opt ... ... ultimately adopt advancements and evolutions in technology, especially in terms of media. Newspapers, radio, and television have long been appropriated in order to influence... ... potential to facilitate protest and civil disobedience if other factors on the ground warrant such behavior. It is also a reminder that those regimes where it is likely to...
