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The "New Alt" is doing Al(t)right

I chose to read “The Periscope that shows how there’s no difference between the “new right” and “alt-right”” by Cristina López on Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/10/19/periscope-shows-how-theres-no-difference-between-new-right-and-alt-right/218272 The article is intended for left-winged readers as it discusses many issues caused by the alt-right. The writer is very credible and provides substantial evidence to support her claims. The article discusses an hour and a half livestream broadcast on Periscope, that took place on October 18, entitled “Alt-Right vs New Right, Debate Of The Century”. The broadcast was hosted by Lucian Wintrich, a White House correspondent for the pro-Trump Gateway Pundit, and features “new-right” personality Ali Akbar, and Matt Colligan who was a participant of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA. They purpose of the broadcast was to have an honest exchange of ideas and claimed: “We’re not going to be mean. We’re n

Special Operation Forces not so Special Anymore

I read the article: "Special Operation Forces Should not be Americas' Band-Aid" on CNN, by Gayle Lemmon: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/opinions/special-operations-forces-lemmon-opinion/index.html. She discusses the deployment of special operations troops throughout the world and argues that special op forces are not the end all be all of military solutions. The article is directed towards more left-winged readers interested in foreign military procedures and the war on terror. The author seems credible and provides sufficient evidence to support her claims. While special operation forces have been the overseas military tactic of choice since the aftermath of Iraq, and understandably so, we have started using them as a crutch. While this method has been more affective than large scale deployments it is beginning to lose its efficacy. The leader of special operations command has recently spoken out claiming that " We are not the ultimate solution for every problem,  W