I love the article. First, it’s not a totalitarian, it’s a Religious Autocracy, so we can thank God and Muhammad for all the suffering that goes on there.
As Bush said, “We don’t need any evidence we know he (Bin Laden) is guilty. Thank you and God bless!” Yet, you can’t actually know anything without evidence and second, to me, that was the most anti-democratic phrase spoken by any president in American history. A headhunt without any evidence.
Today, there is still zero evidence of funding or any other form of support from Bin Laden. Most evidence actually supports Saudi Arabia as the country whose leaders at least funded the 9/11 attacks.
Last, i just wonder how many people, children, etc., in Afghanistan are still stepping on land mines planted by the west and being blown apart left to die in the cold of the night.
America owes them an apology in my opinion just like we owe Vietnam an apology. Children are still born with birth defects, cleft palate syndrome, and other disorders thanks to agent orange and other chemicals created by American companies.
I really appreciate your article and eagerly await parts two and three. Thank you for all you do for the Substack community.
Glad you liked it! Your feedback is enthusiastically appreciated. A couple of my own thoughts:
There is good evidence to think that Osama was the man behind the attack. Bin Laden admitted to personally directing the 9/11 attacks in a 2004 video. He already had a track record of terrorism for two decades, including the East Africa bombings, the World Trade Center in 1993, and the USS Cole in 2000. He declared war on the US twice, in 1996 and 1998. Although Osama and his co-conspirators were Saudis, those extremists hated the Saudi Kingdom, and had been expelled from their home country.
The casualties of war are always horrific. But the War of Terror never would have been necessary if al-Qaeda hadn’t attacked the Twin Towers, and if the Taliban had simply agreed to extradite Osama. As for the Vietnam War, the Khmer Rouge genocidally massacred a quarter of Cambodia's population. America is not to blame; its enemies are.
Thank you for the open discourse. I appreciate you.
I love the article. First, it’s not a totalitarian, it’s a Religious Autocracy, so we can thank God and Muhammad for all the suffering that goes on there.
As Bush said, “We don’t need any evidence we know he (Bin Laden) is guilty. Thank you and God bless!” Yet, you can’t actually know anything without evidence and second, to me, that was the most anti-democratic phrase spoken by any president in American history. A headhunt without any evidence.
Today, there is still zero evidence of funding or any other form of support from Bin Laden. Most evidence actually supports Saudi Arabia as the country whose leaders at least funded the 9/11 attacks.
Last, i just wonder how many people, children, etc., in Afghanistan are still stepping on land mines planted by the west and being blown apart left to die in the cold of the night.
America owes them an apology in my opinion just like we owe Vietnam an apology. Children are still born with birth defects, cleft palate syndrome, and other disorders thanks to agent orange and other chemicals created by American companies.
I really appreciate your article and eagerly await parts two and three. Thank you for all you do for the Substack community.
Glad you liked it! Your feedback is enthusiastically appreciated. A couple of my own thoughts:
There is good evidence to think that Osama was the man behind the attack. Bin Laden admitted to personally directing the 9/11 attacks in a 2004 video. He already had a track record of terrorism for two decades, including the East Africa bombings, the World Trade Center in 1993, and the USS Cole in 2000. He declared war on the US twice, in 1996 and 1998. Although Osama and his co-conspirators were Saudis, those extremists hated the Saudi Kingdom, and had been expelled from their home country.
The casualties of war are always horrific. But the War of Terror never would have been necessary if al-Qaeda hadn’t attacked the Twin Towers, and if the Taliban had simply agreed to extradite Osama. As for the Vietnam War, the Khmer Rouge genocidally massacred a quarter of Cambodia's population. America is not to blame; its enemies are.