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['There is no silver bullet': Isis, al-Qaida and the myths of terrorism](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/19/isis-al-qaida-myths-terrorism-war-mistakes-9-11)

> The west’s response to 9/11 was the catastrophic ‘war on terror’. Have we learned from our mistakes with
> al-Qaida, or is history repeating itself with Isis?

As Boyd said: Observe, orient, decide, act. Seems that second step is forgotten these days.