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For Egyptians, the most important lessons from Turkey’s successful defeat of the attempted military coup may require too much patience to learn. Obviously, the differences between the Gulenist attempt to overthrow Erdogan and Sisi’s overthrow of Mursi are tremendous. There are very few parallels. And that is precisely the difficulty, because the most important lessons…

This is an important and revealing talk by writer Trevor Aaronson about how the FBI “creates” terrorists, supplies them with plans, means and opportunities, in order to dramatically “foil terror plots” against the US. They find mentally unstable, financially deprived, religiously ignorant young men, indoctrinate them into the jihadist mentality, incite them, sponsor them, and…