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The global War on Terror was based on a mistake.
Quintupling down are we? Never change, The Atlantic.
ETA: Not sure if there’s a paywall, so just in case: https://archive.ph/68sf0
yeah. I even heard the bin laden guy was a saudi /s
I don’t understand how sarcasm applies. Not only was he a Saudi of enormous wealth and close ties to the royal family, he was a CIA asset for years.
6 December 1993: Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace
The sarcasm is that anyone who was paying attention knew all this 20 years ago.
Everyone was too busy pushing the war on Iraq and buying American flag stickers for 30 bucks a pop to notice, however.