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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

It was literally his manifesto and single demand for two decades.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I don't disagree. Just disagree that his method was as simple and straightforward as people here seem to think, just believing what he's spoon feeding them 100%. He was sophisticated, a leader. Not some simpleton.

As if Americans would just give him what he wants for knocking down a couple skyscrapers. Have you even seen our culture? We shoot each other in our own streets, much less foreign attackers. How people think we could just forego a chance at revenge is just utterly, hilariously wrong in every way.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

He believed we would leave because he grew up in a world of Western countries being driven out by anti colonial violence. It's not that complicated. He wasn't a political science guy, or an anthropologist. He was a radicalized construction engineer.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I don't think you need to be an anthropologist to figure out that attacking someone's civilians nearly guarantees counterattack. We still needed the oil out of the region back then to boot.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Shockingly it doesn't. You're also not taking into account his radicalization. Which allows for a lot of irrational beliefs.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That is actually a fair criticism. I simply don't think it's as strong an influence over strategic thinking. In any decent thinker anyway.

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