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AEI Fellow: Mature Think Tanks Criticize Their Friends
In the course of a puffy Politico profile of Nate Fick, the CEO of the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank with close ties to the White House, comes the snipe from the American Enterprise Institute:
“Think tanks develop into a more mature institution when they are willing to say unpleasant things [...]
Jack Bauer in Kabul?
‘24′ is hardly a template for counterinsurgency, as it glorifies brutality, particularly toward Muslims who may or may not be terrorists, rather than emphasizes protecting a population from brutality. But Center for a New American Security CEO-in-waiting Nate Fick just told a bizarre anecdote about talking with someone who was considering broadcasting ‘24′ in Kabul. [...]
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