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Michael Mukasey October 21, 2013 In the spirit of the ancient
Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times," these are
interesting times.  It is useful to talk about three places
where the times are particularly "interesting"-in the Middle
East in general, in Turkey in particular, and in the United
States-and how they are connected. I will give it away at the
beginning so there is no suspense about where I am going. We
live in a dangerous world. Much of the danger comes from
Islamist extremism, a force that has been directed at us in the
past and will be in the future. But it is a force that in the
years ahead will mainly be directed within and among Muslims,
just as terrorist acts have killed more Muslims than non-Muslims
in the past.  But some of it will come our