&quot;If I don’t ﬁnd a job, maybe I’m going to have to join al-Qaida for real.&quot;<p>The author of the article seems to imply that this is a tongue in cheek comment on the part of Mr. Touré, but it seems to me that this type of meddling via &quot;sting operations&quot; could easily create more converts to terrorism, even if only out of pure utilitarianism on the part of the converts.<p>Fortunately it&#x27;s unlikely to be as effective (in terms of sheer numbers) at creating new converts as UAVs dropping bombs on weddings and hospitals is.