TeleSUR — Wearing Hijab is Passive Terrorism Says US Military to Women

The U.S. document on counter-terrorism strategies makes several dubious claims, such as that men’s sexual frustration drives to militant extremism. A United States military white paper on counter-terrorism strategies claimed that Muslim women wearing headscarves is a form of “passive terrorism” and that “sexual deprivation” fuels support for violent extremism, The Intercept reported on Tuesday. The paper, titled Countering Violent Extremism: Scientific Methods and Strategies, was first published in 2011 and revised last year by the Air Force lab. One section titled “A Strategic Plan to Defeat Radical Islam” included a number of eyebrow-raising claims without clear connections to serious counterterrorism research…. 

TeleSUR
Wearing Hijab is Passive Terrorism Says US Military to Women

Alfred W. McCoy — How a pink flower defeated the world's sole superpower

It wasn't just the militants but also and the opium poppy and heroin trade. Fascinating story well told.

Not mentioned is that the drug trade is also undoing the US in Latin America.

The toll this has taken already and is still taking is astonishing.

Le monde diplomatique
How a pink flower defeated the world's sole superpower

Alfred W. McCoy | J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison