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Aggressors posing as victims: Specious claims of having been wronged give evil-doers cover for their malice

There are victims and then there are victims. Too often, I think, we worry about the wrong ones. Start with some of the most powerful politicians of Argentina. They are feeling sorely aggrieved by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. He had the temerity to suggest that Secretary of State John F. Kerry support the creation�

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Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism. A veteran news reporter, foreign correspondent and editor (at The New York Times and other publications), he has covered stories in more than two dozen countries, including Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, China, Uzbekistan, Northern Ireland and Russia. He is a frequent guest on national and international television and radio news programs, providing analysis and participating in debates on national security issues.

Aggressors posing as victims: Specious claims of having been wronged give evil-doers cover for their malice

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