Terrorism & Extremism

...I think there's something else going on here, and it's that using this phrase, 'radical Islam,' has almost become a stand-in for anti-Muslim bigotry. Trump has invested these words with new meaning, regardless of what they may have meant four or five years ago. So in that sense, Trump is correct - words do matter, and we should be concerned that he's using these words as a kind of dog whistle that really feeds into anti-Muslim bigotry that is unfortunately becoming more prevalent in the U.S. ...

The problems of the Middle East have gotten so bad that middle options, or limited options, aren't going to work.