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Originally Posted by bandwagon
Jason Burke spent years investigating these groups on the ground, (as did Kippel). If we can’t believe what he says about it we might as well throw animal bones in the air or use Tarot cards.
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I keep getting this one...
Seriously, plenty of authors are quite wrong in their conclusions. Whether this guy is or not, i do not know, i simply do not agree with his conclusions based on everything else i do know based on what i've read by other authors.
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Originally Posted by bandwagon
Zawahiri published his book in Dec 2001, 2months after the US entered Afghanistan, most of it written before 9/11. I guess you could argue that he wrote that stuff to cover himself, to make it seem any military reaction was all part of the plan, and that he hadn’t thought of it at the time the WTC attacks were conceived. But is possible he wanted and planned to recreate 80s Afghanistan, -which he consequently got in Iraq.
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Here's what i think.
I think the lot of them sat and conspired in dark circles masturbating to the thought of a global war with the US, and the rise of a new global muslim caliphate. I likewise think that to most of them, it was just
'campfire' talk.
One of those
"Be careful what you wish for" situations.
Let's face it, had we not screwed up in Tora Bora, they'd probably both be dead(or at least OBL, not sure were Zawahiri was then). They know that too. 9-11 was an over-reach, just as was Pearl Harbor.