• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    They were both unnecessary wastes of life and resources that were started for all the wrong reasons, so kind of.

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        3 months ago

        The Taliban tried to give America Osama Bin Laden but they wanted something in exchange, so they invaded and suffered 20 years of war over such audacious demands.

        The thing about Al-Qaeda and 9/11 is that it was always a Saudi operation.

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            3 months ago

            The 9/11 attacks done by Al-Qaeda were Saudi. Al-Qaeda itself is a bit different, right, but I meant strictly in the context of the US invading Afghanistan and ousting the Taliban.

            So ‘the Al-Qaeda operation of 9/11 was Saudi’ would be a more accurate way to put it.

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        3 months ago

        Al Qaeda was all over the place. Wasn’t a single Afghani on any of those planes. There were, however, 15 Saudis (out of 19 hijackers). The attack was planned by a Saudi. The organization was run by a Saudi, and funded by Saudis.