• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The original goal of bin laden was to get the US to overreact and waste all their money.

    … mission accomplished? Also, the taliban are back in power in afganistan…

    • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
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      2 months ago

      Then counterargument for that point I’ve seen is supposedly he only added that to his plans after it started happening.

      I have yet to dig into researching his manifestos/plans to independently verify that.

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        2 months ago

        What he really wanted to do was kick the USA out of the Middle East because he didn’t like how much influence they had over the Saudi royal family.