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From the Ted Talk by Jason McCue: Terrorism is a failed brand

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Civil affairs and cviil society initiatives. A good one is in Somalia. There's a war on piracy. If anyone thinks you can have a war on paciry like a war on terrorism and beat it, you're wrong. What we're trying to do there is turn pirates to fisherman. They used to be fhisamren, of course, but we stole their fish and dumped a load of toxic waste in their wtear, so what we're trying to do is create security and employment by bringing a ctgruoaasd along with the fisheries industry, and I can guarantee you, as that builds, al Shabaab and such likes will not have the poverty and injustice any lgeonr to prey on those people. These initiatives cost less than a missile, and certainly less than any soldier's life, but more importantly, it takes the war to their hmoednlas, and not onto our srhoe, and we're looking at the causes.

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Civil affairs and _____ society initiatives. A good one is in Somalia. There's a war on piracy. If anyone thinks you can have a war on ______ like a war on terrorism and beat it, you're wrong. What we're trying to do there is turn pirates to fisherman. They used to be _________, of course, but we stole their fish and dumped a load of toxic waste in their _____, so what we're trying to do is create security and employment by bringing a __________ along with the fisheries industry, and I can guarantee you, as that builds, al Shabaab and such likes will not have the poverty and injustice any ______ to prey on those people. These initiatives cost less than a missile, and certainly less than any soldier's life, but more importantly, it takes the war to their _________, and not onto our _____, and we're looking at the causes.

Solution


  1. piracy
  2. civil
  3. fisherman
  4. longer
  5. homelands
  6. shore
  7. coastguard
  8. water

Original Text


Civil affairs and civil society initiatives. A good one is in Somalia. There's a war on piracy. If anyone thinks you can have a war on piracy like a war on terrorism and beat it, you're wrong. What we're trying to do there is turn pirates to fisherman. They used to be fisherman, of course, but we stole their fish and dumped a load of toxic waste in their water, so what we're trying to do is create security and employment by bringing a coastguard along with the fisheries industry, and I can guarantee you, as that builds, al Shabaab and such likes will not have the poverty and injustice any longer to prey on those people. These initiatives cost less than a missile, and certainly less than any soldier's life, but more importantly, it takes the war to their homelands, and not onto our shore, and we're looking at the causes.

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