Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
by yyyk on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:18PM
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>I am pretty sure, they were upset and maybe there were actual heads rolling behind the scenes.
No evidence of it, and I find this entire debate odd.
Again, the Taliban hosted a terrorist group which had publicly declared war against America, and launched known attacks - all this well known before 9-11. What did anyone expect this public antagonist group to do? Play volleyball?
If someone hosted a group called "Death to X" and the group predictably attacked X, that someone shouldn't get to claim innocence. Especially not after the nth attack!
>Now 20 years later with the Taliban back in power and stronger than ever
A completely predictable result of the ideological way the retreat was done.
Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
by mcguire on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:41PM
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The assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud#Assassinati...
I am pretty sure, they were upset and maybe there were actual heads rolling behind the scenes. But on the outside, they had the US as common enemy. An enemy that hit them both as hard as he could, without making any difference.
So of course at that time, talking about extradiction was over.
But the Taliban while at power did made the civic offer to extradict Bin Laden, if presented with evidence.
So of course, it is not sure, if they actually would have done it. Maybe they would have ended in a civic war by themself over it.
But we never knew, because the US choose to go the brutal way. No evidence. No extradiction. Just war.
Now 20 years later with the Taliban back in power and stronger than ever, I can just say, awesome outcome with this approach.