Mr Hitchens's policy has succeeded in making 10,000 new Bin Ladens.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims that a specific policy has inadvertently increased the number of extremists by creating new enemies.
- In plain terms
- A policy failed and created more extremists instead of reducing them.
- What can you take from it?
- Policies should be judged by whether they increase or decrease threats.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does aggressive action create more enemies?
- How do we measure security success?
Another view
The claim relies on an estimate that may be difficult to verify independently.
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