Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day.

Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day. archive

  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    A blue-ribbon commission concluded that Osama bin Laden had pioneered a new kind of terrorist group—combining superior technological know-how, extensive resources, and a worldwide network so well coordinated that it could carry out operations of unprecedented magnitude

    Caves in Afghanistan…

    Honestly, the conspiracy theories for 9/11 were a thousand times more believable than this “expansive terrorist network” that somehow lacked influence outside of perhaps the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Seeing this sponsored by a US ally makes a lot of sense to me.