. >> just a recipe for an afghanistan that reinforces the al qaeda narrative. this is their big victory. ten years they achieved nothing, they control the country. why wouldn't al qaeda make that essential node of their worldwide operations? it would feed the narrative that we spent so much time and effort trying to pull up by the roots. and to substitute with a narrative that's about us having a positive vision for the country. it's certainly a battle of narratives and who has a battle we 4r play into. america's ability to change and influence the world whether it's worth it to do it. but i think it feels to me a lot like the end of vietnam. these countries don't deserve our help. they're fighting against us as well as with us. our ideas and values aren't something they share. it's been too expensive and too hard to try to create positive change. while i'm actually sympathetic to a lot of the emotion behind that, because it is really hard, and failing and winning these kinds of war is confusing and contradictory and it's hard to tell when you're making progress

it feeds the al qaeda narrative that the u.s. is slobbering muslims even though the drawn strikes have had historically low civilian casualty numbers. there are legal issues as well. these are military operations against a group in a country that we are not at war with. in the case of yemen and pakistan, there has been under the table approval to do these by these governments. the problems are mitigated by you have a propaganda a nightmare. the u.s. is pretend and we are not conducting drone strikes but everyone knows we are doing it. the pakistani don't approve of it and parliamenta says we should stop. we had a strike the evening yesterday. you have the pakistani government feeding the negative propaganda against the united states. it is a real nightmare. you have the administration taking credit for strikes that kill senior leaders. they take credit for this strikes but the american public should have an understanding of this. it is not let one or two covert operations but these are real military campaigns being conducted in f

administration applied in iraq, i think that is just a recipe for an afghanistan that reinforces the al-qaeda narrative right? this is their big victory. ten years we achieve nothing, they're in control of the country. why wouldn't al-qaeda make that a central node of their worldwide operations? because it would feed the narrative that we have spent so much time and so much effort trying to pull up by the roots and to substitute with a narrative that is about us having a positive vision for the country. because ultimately it's certainly a battle for security, but it's also a battle of narratives and be who has an idea that afghans will buy into. another risk i see is that we are about to convince ourselves of several things about america's ability to change and influence the world and whether it's worth it to do it. it feels to me a lot like the end of vietnam, right? but it's too hard. these countries don't actually deserve our help. they're fighting against us as well as they're fighting with us. that our ideas and values are not something that they share. um, and that it's actually too expensive and

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administration applied in iraq, i mean that is just a recipe for an afghanistan that reinforces the al qaeda narrativehis is their big victory. 10 years we have achieved nothing in there and control of the country. why wouldn't al qaeda make that essential made worldwide operation, because it would heed the narrative that we have spent so much time and so much effort trying to pull up by the roots. and to substitute with a narrative that it's about us having a positive vision for the country, but ultimately it's certainly a battle for security, but it's also a battle of narratives and who has an idea that afghans will buy into? another risk i see is that we are about to convince ourselves several things about america's ability to change and influence the world, and whether it's worth it to do it. then i think feels to me a lot like the end of vietnam, that it's too hard and they don't actually deserve our help. they are fighting against us as well as they are fighting with us, that our ideas and values are not something that they share, and that it's actually too expensive and too hard to try and crea

to delegitimize the narrative of al qaeda, its affiliates and its adherents, the ct bureau helps standf the center for strategic counterterrorism communications, an interagency body that works with communicators in the field to counterterrorist narratives and misinformation. it draws on the full range of intelligence information and analysis to provide context and feedback for commuters. the challenges extremist messages online and arabic and somalia on forums, blogs and social networking sites and also produces and disseminates targeted attributed videos. successful cd involves more than messaging. we're also developing programs to provide alternatives for at-risk youth comically social media programs to generate constructive local initiatives. ever supporting skill building a youth leadership activities and mentoring efforts. let me turn finally to multilateral engagement, and in particular the global counterterrorism forum. strengthening partnerships is at the heart of our strategic counterterrorism efforts. one of our key initiatives is building the needed international architectur