Iran’s Continued Support for al-Qaeda, and America’s Incoherent War on Terror
For the jihadists, “heads I win, tails you lose.”
July 22, 2016
Erdogan’s purge inspires the former and takes pressure off the latter.
In 2013, the Egyptian military launched a coup to seize power from an elected government affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and apparently bent on undermining democracy. Something like the same thing occurred in Turkey last week—except that there the coup was unsuccessful. But Egypt’s Islamists were watching closely, writes Eric Trager:
For the jihadists, “heads I win, tails you lose.”
A deadly blind spot.
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Gay marriage and the right to be left alone.
Erdogan’s purge inspires the former and takes pressure off the latter.
In 2013, the Egyptian military launched a coup to seize power from an elected government affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and apparently bent on undermining democracy. Something like the same thing occurred in Turkey last week—except that there the coup was unsuccessful. But Egypt’s Islamists were watching closely, writes Eric Trager:
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