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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Haven't we already known this for, you know, 23 years?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

yeah. I even heard the bin laden guy was a saudi /s

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

these taliban guys are going to the top I say. Thanks Bin Laden for being a western ally against those horrible communists.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You know, communism/socialism is a failed model that has never succeeded.

Laissez-faire is the only economic model that has been 100% successful every time. Capitalism is the only way to stop the RED MENACE. /s

Now please lemmy/mbin. Commence your "tankie/russian bot" comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

If man was meant to fly, it would have been given wings!

Not even the great genius Leonardo da Vinci managed to build a flying machine!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

People who actually paid attention have known; people who read The Atlantic not so much.