They knew the guy was dangerous. He already committed a crime by making threats like that. Instead of stopping it then and there, they set up a sting operation where his handlers would convince him to carry through with a (fake) attack. The FBI provided proof of this themselves. Colluding with a dangerous nutjob would be "egging him on," and I don't care how much a shill like you wants to cry otherwise.
Yove got a couple of things wrong there. To start with, he had already indicated his intrest in suicide attacks. Why are you claiming that "his handlers would convince him to carry through with a (fake) attack." Are you trying to claim that he didn't mean what he had stated repeatedly about conducting an attack, a suicide attack at that, despite the fact that he attempted to go through with it? Do you have any basis for this?
A sting doesn't constitute "egging him on." He clearly wanted to conduct of his own free will, and you are in denial about that.
Shill? I have little regard for the opinions of nitwits. If you can't engage with facts you would do better to bow out gracefully and keep the insults to yourself.
This just goes to show how much you like to distort reality. If someone openly stated they want to become a martyr and hurt or kill a lot of people, they are mentally ill, whether they intend to carry it out or not. That's not open to debate.
Although it may be possible they are mentally ill, it is also possible that they are sane but have different values from you, that they are part of a different culture. Your' declaration "that's not open to debate" doesn't actually settle the matter no matter how much you wish it to. Do you have any familiarity with foreign or ancient cultures? I would have to assume not. Many cultures have had very different values from what you are accustomed to. That doesn't make them insane. Should we skip over the question of evil?
But hey, lets recap: you're saying you are totally fine with ignoring crazy people and supporting their fake terror attacks (which only benefit the government). It would be too hard to simply put these people in a mental hospital instead of leaving them out on the street and encouraging them to plot against innocent civilians, right?
Do you remember what you just wrote? Allow me to quote you:
That was entirely your own assertion, and I don't much appreciate you putting words in my mouth and then hounding me for things I never even alluded to.
Amazingly you are both pot and kettle in this debate. Should I give you some time to argue it out with yourself to decide which way you want to roll?
The worst thing is, when (not if) one of these sing operations go wrong, the FBI is going to pretend they had no involvement in it, and since they are with the government, you'll never be able to prove otherwise.
I think there is remarkably little chance of the FBI pretending anything like that.