Tag: Osama Bin Laden

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Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century

And with that in mind, almost 17 years later, don’t think that victory is out of the question either. Every day that the U.S. military stays in Afghanistan is indeed a victory for… well, not George W. Bush, or Barack Obama, and certainly not Donald Trump, but the now long-dead Osama bin Laden. The calculation couldn’t be simpler. Thanks to his “precision” weaponry — those 19 suicidal hijackers in commercial jets — the nearly 17 years of wars he’s sparked across much of the Muslim world cost a man from one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest families a mere $400,000 to $500,000. They’ve cost American taxpayers, minimally, $5.6 trillion dollars with no end in sight. And every day the Afghan War and the others that have followed from it continue is but another triumphant day for him and his followers.

via Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century

Radicalisation

Osama bin Laden’s mother says the Al Qaeda leader was a ‘good child’ who was radicalised at university – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Maybe it’s time to drop the word “Radicalised” for “Informed” or “Educated”. When the USA has SOS troops in 177 countries the word “Radical” seems inappropriate when used on an “Educated” individual who resisted foreign influence. Afterall bin Laden was an American operative an ally first and then was declared “the enemy” by the USA he hadn’t changed. He was “educated” it wasn’t university that changed him. After all the bin Laden family still remain close freinds of oil men like the Bushes today.  (ODT)

The mother of the former Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has spoken publicly about her son for the first time, describing him as a “very good child” who was radicalised while studying at university.

via Osama bin Laden’s mother says the Al Qaeda leader was a ‘good child’ who was radicalised at university – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)