The secret weapon behind 9/11

The average citizen and the average terrorist are more similar than I ever imagined… [Image](https://) Greetings Everyday Spy, CIA taught me that the average citizen and the average terrorist are more similar than I ever imagined. Every terrorist started out as an everyday citizen first. They had families, friends, hopes, and dreams… Until they wore bombs, fired automatic weapons, and stole innocent lives. The thing that transformed them from friend to foe… was fear. The mind killer. Terrorist organizations recognize that fear is both a weapon and a tool. When they want to attack, they use fear as a weapon. But when they want to grow, they use fear as a tool: - They recruit new members by exploiting fears about individual, racial, or religious injustice. - They radicalize recruits by creating a fear of outsiders. - They activate attackers by driving fear that things will not change without radical action. Terrorist groups understand that fear has the power to change human thinking. And even more importantly, that fear can change people without them even realizing that they have changed. Looking back on the 22 years since September 11, 2001, terrorist groups haven’t deviated from their strategy at all. Terrorist groups keep using fear to make more terrorists. And we keep hunting terrorists with bullets and bombs. But there is a new era of counter-terrorism starting to take shape. Instead of combating terrorists directly, we can combat the injustice they use to exploit people’s fear. By building economic systems in target locations that resolve base fears about family, health, safety, and employment. This is known as ‘economic counter-terrorism,’ and it is still in its infancy. Not because it is a new idea, but because it has taken nearly two decades of war to convince government leaders to explore other options. When individuals have no hope, they become fearful. But when they have control over their own destiny, they have hope. And mentally stable, well-educated, employed people engaged in a hopeful life cannot be radicalized. Our children deserve to grow up in a world free of terrorism. By fighting the fears that make a terrorist, we can effectively starve terrorist groups of new recruits. Because without fear, terrorist groups lose their primary tool. To learn more about how fear is used to control individuals and entire populations, then [step into Shadow Lessons](. These private interviews with covert operators take you behind the scenes of the secret wars going on around the world today. [Get Shadow Lessons now]( for 60% OFF! Godspeed, #EverydaySpy P.S. - Honoring the 2,977 souls we lost on September 11, 2001 starts with remembering them… But that’s not where it ends. We must choose to fight the fear that led to their sacrifice every day. And it starts with understanding. [Get Shadow Lessons for 60% off today.]( Follow @EverydaySpy on Social Media! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( Andrew Bustamante, Founder of EverydaySpy.com, is a former covert CIA Intelligence officer, decorated US Air Force Combat Veteran, and respected Fortune 500 senior advisor. Learn more from Andrew on his Podcast (The Everyday Espionage Podcast) and by following @EverydaySpy on your favorite social media platform. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Don't want to receive these emails anymore? [Unsubscribe]( EverydaySpy, 411 Walnut St. #20309, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043