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More Black Globalization
Farah touches on the lack of social mobility in Nigeria- due in no small measure to Robb’s Global Guerrillas as evidenced here – and how transnational Nigerian gangs are expanding black globalization into Afghanistan. It also signals a new danger … Continue reading
Rule Set Shift in the Ivory Tower
As the GWOT moves forward the states engaged in destroying terror will be forced to adapt the realities of this new kind of warfare. The NSA surveillance debate, the Patriot Act, the advent of state sponsored assasination, the redefining of … Continue reading
Larry Johnson Almost Gets It
Larry Johnson rips into Condi for her inability to recognize the Hamas victory in Palestine (quite rightly as I wrote about earlier) but then he engages in a bizarre discussion about Islamists prevailing over secularists as a rule in the … Continue reading
Gartenstein-Ross Gets It
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Counterterrorism Blog says today what I said yesterday – except he does not pay any attention to the inner makeup of Hamas that makes it very very vulnerable to moderation. Other than that it’s a great … Continue reading
Why Was Hamas a Surprise?
REACTION For some reason people are thinking Hamas gaining a majority in Palestinian politics is a surprise… as evidenced here here and here. Hamas, with its focus on providing social services that the previous governments could not, has done more … Continue reading