[ by Charles Cameron — a renewed emphasis on the war of ideas? ]
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A cluster of items from JM Berger‘s twitter feed this morning gave me pause for thought — but I was careful not to think anyway.

Here’s the basic concept:

"Destroy the idea" https://t.co/y9PGRfSsvI

— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) April 19, 2016

The most overt example:

DefSec Carter on #ISIL @nbc, ‘we need to destroy the idea that there can be a state based upon this evil ideology’ https://t.co/lRLQXaoEy3

— Rick Stengel (@stengel) April 19, 2016

Independent corroboration:

Related: Rear Adm. Batchelder told CNN yesterday the Navy's mission in the Gulf is to "eradicate violent extremism" https://t.co/KIoEJkhcL6

— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) April 19, 2016

Connecting the dots:

So basically that's two days in a row, the Secretary of Defense and a Navy admiral, stating the military's goal is to destroy thoughts.

— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) April 19, 2016

And for the Illustrated Executive Brief:

@intelwire @stcolumbia Explains the recent deployment of these special operatives pic.twitter.com/GazUIaGRDo

— Michael Bayer (@mbayer1248) April 19, 2016