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Originally posted by Agit8dChop
are they spinning now so that
'' well, we caught the sheik, so technically we got the leader ''
simply becasue they didnt want to get osama, and cant look like they failed?
Originally posted by jitombe
reply to post by DimensionalDetective
All I know is somewhere out there someone living in a cave is still hating me for my freedom. I continue to be amazed by how that idiotic concept of a sales pitch still works on millions of dumb ass Americans. Perhaps it will take going into debt for another nine trillion dollars to make retarded Americans feel safe, what do I know, nothing. Let's go shopping!!!
Originally posted by Rockpuck
reply to post by DimensionalDetective
Well it goes like this..
We chase one fella around the globe, invading countries, spend billions upon billions of dollars, suffer 34k American casualties (4k deaths, 30k severe and critical injuries) and when you fail to come up with an explanation as to why we have come up with nothing...
Well you change the name to someone you already got.
Though, I think this means the War on Terror is over, if we got our man, eh?
Originally posted by grover
It must be nice to have such a porous reality so that they can rewrite history whenever the facts become uncomfortable.
Originally posted by nataylor
I don't think they've ever claimed OBL was the "mastermind" behind the 9/11 attacks. He was the leader of Al Qaeda, though, so they hold him responsible. I don't think they've said he's the one that actually came up with the plan.
From June, 2002:
Bin Laden aide alleged mastermind behind 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON -- Investigators believe they have identified a Kuwaiti lieutenant of Osama bin Laden as the likely mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said yesterday.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, designated one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists, is at large in Afghanistan or nearby, the law enforcement official said. "There's lots of links that tie him to 9/11," the official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity. "He's the most significant operational player out there right now."
Originally posted by whatukno
What is interesting is that as far as I know no one has taken a hard look at the original blueprints for the twin towers.
Originally posted by Zepherian
reply to post by Amaterasu
Pity George Orwell didn't predict the internet or the whole plan might have actually worked...