Foreign Policy magazine is the mouthpiece of CFR, which may be as explicit a manifestation of the Deep State there is.
They really really want Trump to torpedo himself with a war in Iran. He’d lose in 2020, they’ll put a stop to all the investigations, and the rest of the cat stays in the bag.
The fact is, the terrorists Kourani and el-Debek are not creations of the CFR they are creations of Iran and they’re not here to deliver flowers.