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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] 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.