Miscellanea: The War in Iran

Re:Miscellanea: The War in Iran by udioron on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:40PM (#47523658)

> Iran was big and hostile, but relatively unimportant.

How unimportant was Bin Laden?

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Re:Miscellanea: The War in Iran by adamtaylor_13 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:26PM (#47524103)

I think culturally he was important to a lot of folks in the 40-60 year old range, but the cultural take of the younger (20-30 year old) demographic really feels like all of Iraq was a huge waste of lives, time, and money.

Was he important? Genuinely curious because all I know is cultural vibes.

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Re:Miscellanea: The War in Iran by gus_massa on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:21PM (#47525975)

Bin Laden was not from Iran.

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Re:Miscellanea: The War in Iran by udioron on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:24AM (#47527902)

Exactly. You missed the point.

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Re:Miscellanea: The War in Iran by warkdarrior on Thursday March 26, 2026 @01:22PM (#47533178)

Bin Laden was from Saudi Arabia.

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