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I think there's a little difference between thousands of engineers building a rocket and 4 idiots crashing a plane down…

• ryanwaggoner 9y ago
  As horrific as 9/11 was, it’s not fair to characterize it as 4 idiots bringing down a plane. It was 19 people who led a coordinated attack that took hundreds of people, millions of dollars, and years to plan and execute. In the process, they brought down 4 airplanes, damaged the pentagon, and toppled TWO skyscrapers, killing thousands of people in the process. Looking back at the 17 years since, they indirectly started multiple wars, toppled governments, inspired a generation of terrorists, and changed the geopolitical situation in the Middle East for decades, at least. Again, it was horrible and we should condemn it, but it was also a lot more strategically impressive and impactful than you’re making it out to be.
  • jacquesm 9y ago
    Their biggest success was to enlist their foes in achieving their goals. That's the part I will never understand.