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Clint Watts

@selectedwisdom

7 Dec

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1468058143447871490

As a reminder, this is the entire point of Russian Active Measures. For the Kremlin, it has clearly worked. 🇺🇸 has disabled 🇺🇸. “Win through the force of politics, rather than the politics of force”

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1468058143447871490

From the start, Russia's active measures campaigns have sought to elevate outsized voices in U.S. politics that can advance Kremlin goals. warontherocks.com/2016/11/trolli…

7 years later, Fox news is broadcast on Russian news & Putin is backed over the U.S. President on nighttime television. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

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Clint Watts

@selectedwisdom

11 Sep

@USArmy

20 Years After #September11th thankful for opportunity @USArmy @FBI @CTCWP to work with amazing Americans & allies tracking down terrorists behind 9/11 & their spawn. I learned so much serving alongside the best people I've ever met in pursuit of the worst people on the planet.

#September11 attacks changed course of my life like many other Americans, I’ve learned a lot, but in my work and travels in the 'War on Terror', online and in the real world, I’ve arrived at no hot takes, no definitive conclusions, no exact theories or absolutes.

There will always be terrorists & America will always need to counter them. Some will hide in Afghanistan, some will be in your neighborhood. Thanks to all who continue to serve and protect all Americans against future terrorists attacks.

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Clint Watts

@selectedwisdom

26 Aug

As we see this first VBIED attack at Kabul airport, things to watch for to understand terrorists strength is frequency, pace & synchronization of attacks. If we see more tomorrow, shorter times between attacks, points to significant terrorist capability in Kabul #Afghanistan

https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1430914653165604865?s=20

This would be a significant negative indicator for viability of Kabul Airport as an extraction point

https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1430914653165604865?s=20

U.S. operating from airport for about 10 days, take ISIS-K, terror groups time to get in position, prep, move IED's etc. if pace, synchronization continues = bad. No CT resistance, all forces tied up with extraction, ground ops dangerous, air targeting in urban environment = no

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Clint Watts

@selectedwisdom

26 Aug

For those confused on ISIS-K why they’d want to attack US & Taliban, lots of intricacies but short, summary version - Taliban aligned to Al Qaeda remnants (Haqqani Network, etc), ISIS rivals of al Qaeda, biggest difference between ISIS and al Qaeda is generational

ISIS-K operates against both US and Taliban-Al Qaeda, would like to hurt both. al Qaeda, older, more ideas first, violence to support. ISIS younger, more violence first, ideas later. (Simplified, there are many books about this)

@dbyman

.@dbyman does great work on these differences and here’s one of his explainers google.com/amp/s/www.broo…

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Clint Watts

@selectedwisdom

22 Aug

Despite way it’s presented, Taliban took Afghanistan but they don’t control everything within AFG. Lots of disparate groups, pockets of resistance and terrorist (infighting) competition is increasing nytimes.com/2021/08/21/wor…

“U.S. officials said the most serious current threat was that Afghanistan’s Islamic State branch would attempt an attack that would both hurt the Americans and damage the Taliban’s sense of control.”

Complex terrorist competition makes safe removal of all Americans particularly challenging if evacuees are spread in areas where different militant groups operate or initiate fighting against Taliban. Situation is not bi- polar, (US v. Taliban) its multi-polar

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Clint Watts

@selectedwisdom

21 Aug

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428862191051100160

Sounds like a solid, well thought out plan.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428862191051100160

Next week on #NavySealTV O'Neill and 9 guys kill COVID-19 with a .50Cal rifle and a claymore mine (if it were real that is)

And if you like that episode of #NavySealTV, don't miss the Labor Day special where 9 guys use hand-to-hand combat to "choke out" climate change #GettinHotInHere (Literally)