The Army general in charge of the Pentagon’s failed $500 million program to train and equip Syrian rebels is leaving his job in the next few weeks, but is likely to be promoted and assigned a senior counterterrorism position here, American officials said on Monday.
I ain't no eggspurt, but in the second linked NYT article on Nagata he asked the task force,: “What makes I.S. so magnetic, inspirational?” he said. He expressed specific concern that the militant organization is “deeply resonant with a specific but large portion of the Islamic population, particularly young men looking for a banner to flock to.”
Emphasis added. I won't suggest that he has answered his own question in full right there, but I'll bet it's a big chunk of it.
The lede:
The Peter Principal on steroids.
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I ain't no eggspurt, but in the second linked NYT article on Nagata he asked the task force,:
“What makes I.S. so magnetic, inspirational?” he said. He expressed specific concern that the militant organization is “deeply resonant with a specific but large portion of the Islamic population, particularly young men looking for a banner to flock to.”
Emphasis added. I won't suggest that he has answered his own question in full right there, but I'll bet it's a big chunk of it.
particularly young men looking for a banner to flock to
And free 'wives', rape & pillage 2.0.