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>when the US attacked Afghanistan after 9/11, the objective wasn't to target the exact people who carried out the attacks, but the organization behind the attac
by whatshisface 1y ago
>when the US attacked Afghanistan after 9/11, the objective wasn't to target the exact people who carried out the attacks, but the organization behind the attacks
The mission in Afghanistan was very much to find Bin Laden. It was changed after he escaped.
- SauciestGNU 1y agoApropos of this conflict, to where did Bin Laden escape?
- profsummergig 1y agoI hope it wasn't to a military cantonment in Pakistan. That would be wild.
- pwthornton 1y agoIt was very much to dismantle Al Qaeda and senior leadership. Just killing Bin Laden wouldn’t have done that much.