Glenn Reynolds says [1];
HOW’S THAT ARAB SPRING WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? Egypt’s Liberals: We Were Duped. [2] “We met with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Feb. 14, and they were very cute. They smiled and promised us many things and said, ‘You are our children; you did what we wanted to do for many years!’ Then they offered the same smiles and vague promises the next week, he said, and the next month after that.”
Over here, we use the term “rubes,” but “dupes” works just as well. . . .
Yes, will the phrase, “useful idiots” works just as well.
And what shall we say of the US administration that handled it so poorly [3], and arguably intentionally worked towards its failure?