Jeff Breinholt: “Boys Will Be Boys”: A Review of Dina Temple-Ralston’s The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror
NEFA Contributor Jeff Breinholt has written an in-depth review “Boys Will Be Boys”: A Review of Dina Temple-Ralston’s The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror: “Here’s a little secret: the United States government would rather Americans in search of adventure not travel abroad to join some other country’s army, to fight in wars to which we are not a party, or (worse) fight against U.S. soldiers where we are. Of course, there is a great romantic tradition of revered historical figures doing just that. Think of Ernest Hemingway, or George Orwell. Still, we now live in different times. The world has gotten smaller. We must do what we can to prevent the export of violence from our shores if we want to be taken seriously among the civilized nations of the world…”
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