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The State Strikes Back

It Could Happen Here

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Why You Shouldn't Be So Sure About That

"I think I came across more as saying, thank you for what you're doing against ISIS than thanking him for his hospitality. And I'll always remember his response: Don't worry, your police would do the same thing if this happened in your country." That sentence has haunted me ever since. Once the cycle of violence gets well underway, once the dead on both sides number into dozens and start edging up to the hundreds, a chain of events will have been set into motion that will lead inexorably to the direct involvement of the military. This is the point at which many of you might suspect the violence would rather quickly come to a close. After all, protesters with Molot

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