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Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.

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Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.

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9/11 was a terrible, horrific, tragic day.

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It's probably time to end the global war on terrorism.

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Staying in a very public fight with the U.S. is exactly what Al Qaeda wants.

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Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them.

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'Shabiha' is a difficult word to translate into English. It comes from the word Syrians used to describe the luxury Mercedes favored by the Assad family's operatives that the enforcers of the regime used to move money, smuggle weapons and intimidate opponents.

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Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.

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War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.

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War can be fun for certain people. It's a magnet for sadists, losers, and angry dreamers.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 16th, 1973

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