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You've been listening to the wrong people for the past 15 years if you think 9/11 had anything to do with US foreign policy.

nitrogen 10y ago
You have the logic of the parent's comment reversed. However, a case can be made that US support for the Taliban against the USSR contributed in some way.
- jonnybgood 10y ago
  The US didn't support the Taliban against the USSR. The Taliban came in to existence after the Afghan-Soviet war. Matter of fact, many of the Mujahideen supported by the US during the war later fought against Taliban.
armenarmen 10y ago
eh?
- ZenoArrow 10y ago
  If I've understood correctly, the point the GP was making was that 9/11 attacks were used as a cover for the foreign policy decisions rather than attempting to hold the perpetrators to account. For example, what did Iraq have to do with 9/11? Nothing. What did Libya have to do with 9/11? Nothing. What did Yemen have to do with 9/11? Nothing. Did Guantanamo help keep the US safer? By many accounts, it mainly acted as fuel for the fire. By declaring a 'war on terror' rather than targeting the specific groups involved in the 9/11 attacks, the US can now be engaged in perpetual war. How is that going to help make the US safer? The actions only really make sense when you take into account the military-industrial complex and the desire for imperialism. 9/11 was just a convenient excuse used to push forward on those fronts.
  - Shivetya 10y ago
    The US has been in perpetual war ever since WW2. They just rebrand it as the times move on. That said, if anyone wants to trace the strife in the Middle East to its rightful owners just go look at European Colonialism and their slicing, dicing,and merging, of different groups in the early 1900s.
    - CelestialTeapot 10y ago
      The US has been in perpetual war ever since its founding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Uni...
    - Turing_Machine 10y ago
      While colonialism certainly didn't help, the Middle East has been a sliced, diced, merged region of perpetual war since the beginning of recorded history, and undoubtedly before.
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nitrogen 10y ago

You have the logic of the parent's comment reversed. However, a case can be made that US support for the Taliban against the USSR contributed in some way.

jonnybgood 10y ago
The US didn't support the Taliban against the USSR. The Taliban came in to existence after the Afghan-Soviet war. Matter of fact, many of the Mujahideen supported by the US during the war later fought against Taliban.

armenarmen 10y ago

eh?

ZenoArrow 10y ago
If I've understood correctly, the point the GP was making was that 9/11 attacks were used as a cover for the foreign policy decisions rather than attempting to hold the perpetrators to account. For example, what did Iraq have to do with 9/11? Nothing. What did Libya have to do with 9/11? Nothing. What did Yemen have to do with 9/11? Nothing. Did Guantanamo help keep the US safer? By many accounts, it mainly acted as fuel for the fire. By declaring a 'war on terror' rather than targeting the specific groups involved in the 9/11 attacks, the US can now be engaged in perpetual war. How is that going to help make the US safer? The actions only really make sense when you take into account the military-industrial complex and the desire for imperialism. 9/11 was just a convenient excuse used to push forward on those fronts.
- Shivetya 10y ago
  The US has been in perpetual war ever since WW2. They just rebrand it as the times move on. That said, if anyone wants to trace the strife in the Middle East to its rightful owners just go look at European Colonialism and their slicing, dicing,and merging, of different groups in the early 1900s.
  - CelestialTeapot 10y ago
    The US has been in perpetual war ever since its founding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Uni...
  - Turing_Machine 10y ago
    While colonialism certainly didn't help, the Middle East has been a sliced, diced, merged region of perpetual war since the beginning of recorded history, and undoubtedly before.
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