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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Gene Sharp: whatever happened to the New York Times theory that he inspired the Arab uprisings?
Do you remember all those articles in the Western press back in 2011 and even 2012 about how this pacifist American inspired the Arab youth? No one is peddling that theory anymore. Unless it was Gene Sharp who inspired Al-Julani and Baghdadi.