DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: truckinslave quote:
The Taliban had no input into Osama Bin Ladens plans and no input, come to that, nor did Iraq. Your point? Sanity said sarcastically "Right, they are not in the same league as Afghanistan" My point is Afghanistan had no part in 9/11. Financially or otherwise. We didn't exactly attack Afghanistan. We toppled the Taliban because they were harboring AQ. Had the Taliban been okay with us coming in to get AQ, they'd likely still be in power today. Just like we didn't go into Iraq to beat Iraq in a war, but to topple Saddam Hussein. quote:
Incidently most of the current ISIS fighters hail from the Gulf States, supposed friends of the US. I have touched on the current fighting between Sunni and Shia in the other thread. The Gulf States favour the Sunnis, Iran favours the Shia. Given that in the Iraqi elections that the majority Shia voted in a Shia government, and the Sunnis got marginalised, the current situation is hardly a shock. Bush and his cronies overlooked the fact most 9/11 perpertrators came from Saudi, as does most of the funding for Sunni insurgegents, be it AQ or ISIS. OBL was a Saudi. He was connected to the royal family. He was no longer a Saudi by the time he masterminded 9/11, though, being an outcast of both his own family and his home country. Is it really a big stretch to accept that he might still have influence with the peoples he grew up among? If an American in Guatemala attacked Mexico, would that be the US attacking Mexico? Would it be an amazing shock if many of those who planned and took part in the attack were also Americans?
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What I support: - A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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