18-year-old headed for Syria arrested by FBI on terror charges in Chicago

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2. Even still

in weighing the pros and cons, these "democracy activists" wind up causing much more damage to the target-countries than they do at home. Perhaps that's because they're more isolated here, not as well-trained, don't have a continuous flow of sophisticated weapons from neighboring states going to them.. just primitive types of IEDs they have to make on their own. Which is why the US government will continue supporting these types of insurgencies. Plus death squads/para groups are more economical than invasions or airstrikes.