Comment Re:Stupid (Score 1) 793
Uh, no. The idiots who flew the planes were nutjobs, but bin Laden had a very specific political goal in mind: he wanted US troops out of Saudi Arabia. Pre-9/11, there were US troops in Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden launches an attack on US soil, we invade Iraq and then remove our troops from Saudi Arabia.
Folks rarely throw their lives away for abstract concepts like "hating our freedoms." bin Laden wanted the US out of SA, most of the hijackers were from SA, and they all got what they wanted. And 10 or 20 years from now when we are attacked by terrorists from Iraq, they won't be here because they hate our freedoms.
Folks rarely throw their lives away for abstract concepts like "hating our freedoms." bin Laden wanted the US out of SA, most of the hijackers were from SA, and they all got what they wanted. And 10 or 20 years from now when we are attacked by terrorists from Iraq, they won't be here because they hate our freedoms.