Peter Bergen Quotes

The reason that attacks by American terrorists who are not jihadist militants are sometimes not called 'terrorism' is, in part, because in the United States, terrorism is a crime which has to be in some way be associated with a 'designated' terrorist group such as ISIS.

Peter Bergen

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• The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

  

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  • American