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[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Al Qaeda was all over the place. Wasn't a single Afghani on any of those planes. There were, however, 15 Saudis (out of 19 hijackers). The attack was planned by a Saudi. The organization was run by a Saudi, and funded by Saudis.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And yet the army of Al Qaeda was in Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden was in Afghanistan at the time of the attacks.

If I as an American write checks to a buddy in Mexico who rounds up cartel members in Mexico to invade Belize should the army of Belize look to stop the army fighting them in the nation of the guy who wrote checks or in the place where the army actually is located.

Anyone who thinks we should have attacked Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is really displaying how little they know about this conflict and conflicts in general.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And yet, when we finally got bin laden, it wasn't in Afghanistan. He moved, easily, with Saudi money. Thousands of Americans were killed with weapons paid for by Saudi money, held by troops recruited and trained with Saudi money. Seems like if we had cut off the Saudi money this thing would have been over a hell of a lot faster.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He didn’t need Saudi money to walk across the border.

It’s weird how much certain people want to blame Saudis for this.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

How dare they blame the country most directly involved

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why would the blame the nation that was their primary target? Why would we blame the nation that some were born in rather than the nation that housed and protected the army?

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Why would we blame the nation that some were born

Perhaps because it's the same nation that funded them

Also lol at "some". Yeah, 15 out of 19 is "some".