Donald Trump featured in ISIS affiliate’s propaganda video about Brussels: A new video by the terrorist group uses the Republican primary candidate’s voice and image. Top intelligence official: ISIS to attempt U.S. attacks this year. ISIS in America: 82 people have been accused by American officials of trying to help the Islamic State — how serious is the threat? Extremism in MN: Why are Somali-American kids joining Islamists abroad? Zach Dorfman reviews United States of Jihad: The Untold Story of Americans Fighting for Radical Islam by Peter Bergen (and more and more). Can we stop homegrown terrorists? Law enforcement is making progress against “lone-wolf” jihadists who want to harm other Americans, but the threat will persist — and remain relatively modest. Can we prevent terrorism by checking immigrants’ social media accounts?
Eric Posner on how ISIS gives us no choice but to consider limits on speech: America faces unprecedented danger from the group’s online radicalization tactics. Those demanding free speech limits to fight ISIS pose a greater threat to U.S. than ISIS. Danielle Allen on We the “Politically Correct” People: A lead author of the Constitution used the phrase in 1793 — and it should guide our actions against terrorism now. Aaron David Miller on four taboos to break in the fight against ISIS. Republicans “creating the conditions for a clash of civilizations”, says Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA). Glenn Greenwald on the deceptive debate over what causes terrorism against the West. William J. Barber on the misdiagnosis of terrorism: The real violence threatening America is that of our immoral public policy choices, at home and abroad.
“Terrorist attacks are the price we pay for maintaining a global empire”: Kade Crockford on the bald-eagle boondoggle of the terror wars. Phil Torres on how the United States is scarier than the Islamic State: Even our closest allies fear that we are a menace militarily and environmentally — the threat is lethal and real. Tom Engelhardt on why the Islamic State is the minor leagues of terror: It’s so much more comfortable to fear extreme Islamist movements than to take in apocalyptic terrors that are clearly part of our own patrimony. Nick Turse on America’s secret African drone war against the Islamic State. The force that moves the hand that pushes the button: Seeing that the Islamic State seeks a nuclear weapon or other dangerous weapon of mass destruction, at what point will America be forced to use the bomb?
Exactly how much more dangerous has terrorism made our lives? Lawrence Krauss on thinking rationally about terror. Fear itself: Max Fisher on why Obama wants to change how Americans think about terrorism. Obama on ISIS: “They’re not an existential threat to us”.
