We had been ignoring terrorism for decades. The blame does not rest upon one man or administration. To think so, would be foolish and downright dispicable. It was a problem that most of the world (particularly the U.S.) felt was not our priority. Think about it, how many of you knew who Osama bin Laden was prior to 2001? How about prior to 1994? How many knew what the Taliban was? al-Qaeda? Where they operated? Who they were affiliated with? Who supported them?
9/11 was a wake-up call to the majority of the United States. 9/11 was inevitable to some. 9/11 was when we finally responded to global terrorism on a large-scale.
Yemen 1992
WTC, New York City 1993
Somalia 1993
Philippines 1994
Sudan 1995
Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia 1996
American Embassy, Kenya 1998
American Embassy, Tanzania 1998
USS Cole, Yemen 2000
WTC, New York City 2001
Pentagon, Washington D.C. 2001
These are just the highlights of global terrorism's recent surges.
BTW FYI, we had covert operatives working in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan (just to name a few) training for unconventional warfare in September 2001.
Throw the "Democrats/Republicans are always right" crap out the window. Do research, don't let 'super-wingers' do it for you. Have a nice day and just some thoughts...
Edit: Oh and to even the cartoon score, here ya go:
And since, most Americans don't have a clue what someone from Afghanistan looks like/what they eat/how hospitable they are towards the Americans, here ya go. (You don't see the
REAL WORLD on TV folks)
^ Buddy of mine took this not too long ago
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