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 ...
... force on the part of ISIS. The ISIS movement in Iraq has been bolstered by the hardened fighters located largely in eastern Syria, where there has always been a heavy population of Sunni Muslims. The reality of life in Iraq, however, is that Sunnis do ... ... poverty, corruption, and despair. It is these ghosts innate to post-conflict society-building that last long after battles and wars have ended and leave indelible wounds that are easily poked and prodded by radicalist groups.
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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...