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re: 30 Years Ago: When Reagan Cut and Run
Posted on 2/10/14 at 10:57 am to Jwho77
Posted on 2/10/14 at 10:57 am to Jwho77
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Come on, man. Don't believe OBL thought for one second that the US would not retaliate from a big, successful terrorist attack on US soil like they planned and executed. In fact, that's what they wanted to do. Start a "war" to escalate the us versus them (USA/Israel) fight.
No, OBL had no idea of the degree of Bush's response since he had no idea that Bush was not Clinton. He expected the US to go isolationist. Expecting all out war between the US/Israel v. Arabs is a moronic view and OBL was not a moron. The Arab states are not united and even if they were they would lose all out war.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 11:02 am to Zach
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Expecting all out war between the US/Israel v. Arabs is a moronic view and OBL was not a moron.
Did I say "all-out war?" That's the reason I used the quotations. If OBL was not a moron, then he certainly was not stupid enough to expect the US to take an isolationist route after a successful attack on NYC and the nation's capital.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 11:40 am to Zach
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No, OBL had no idea of the degree of Bush's response since he had no idea that Bush was not Clinton. He expected the US to go isolationist. Expecting all out war between the US/Israel v. Arabs is a moronic view and OBL was not a moron. The Arab states are not united and even if they were they would lose all out war.
Bin Laden specifically said was that he wanted to bankrupt us with a quagmire just as they did with the Russians.
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