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> bin Laden won are his people better off or are they worse off?

• wmf 4mo ago
  Was his goal to provide for his people? I thought his goal was to bring down the Great Satan.
  • amanaplanacanal 4mo ago
    As mentioned above his main beef was American troops in the holy Land in Saudi Arabia.
    • expedition32 4mo ago
      No Bin Laden's beef was the flow of history. The Islamic world has lost its power and influence to control events. What really hurt Bin Laden was the knowledge that the Saudi elite WANTED American troops in the holy land. His real enemy was never America, the West or crusaders it was his fellow Muslims- who have for the large part rejected his insane ramblings.
• SpicyLemonZest 4mo ago
  Al-Qaeda is larger and their allies in Afghanistan have further consolidated their rule. I might not call that "better off" but it's certainly in the direction bin Laden wanted things to go.
• shakna 4mo ago
  Most of the funding for the campaign came via Saudi Arabian citizens [0], and they have absolutely benefited from the change in political power in the Middle East. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20060311045338/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3815179.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20060311045338/http://news.bbc.c...
  • red-iron-pine 4mo ago
    > Saudi Arabian citizens "Saudi Arabian citizens" == literally the House of Saud, and their direct associates. Bin Ladin came from a wealthy family of construction magnates with ties to the royals. It's like if Barron Trump decided to move to rural Ontario and start a Christian Identity movement.