2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDear Secretary Clinton:
The United States was NEVER attacked by Afghanistan. We were attacked by Saudi Arabia. Last I checked the official story says the 19 hijackers were Saudi.
Leftyforever
(317 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Leftyforever
(317 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Leftyforever
(317 posts)AzDar
(14,023 posts)brooklynite
(94,728 posts)More dripping blood?
Leftyforever
(317 posts)compare sanders and hrc in this area is a losing battle
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)That is why he will never be President.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)He knows the true costs of these debacles in the ME!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)What, are you getting advice from Henry Kissengooooh it makes sense now.
The amount of chutzpah Hillary showed, to blame Baghdad for the state Iraq is in! Oh my god.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)Reality - our own police have killed more of us in the last twenty
Terrorism is a problem we will deal with
Sanders is correct - Jobs - healthcare - banking - ENVIRONMENT
These are the issues that will have more direct impact on us
WAR WAR WAR - it is not the answer - It is not even the most important question
Sparkly
(24,149 posts)onecaliberal
(32,895 posts)Sparkly
(24,149 posts)The government of Afghanistan was complicit. We worked with the "Northern Alliance" who were fighting against the Taliban. At the time, the people who attacked us were not "in many places" -- they were in Afghanistan. Had we committed to securing a 10-mile radius in Tora Bora, we could have had Bin Laden early on. (That was TOO much reliance on any who said "I'm on your side."
onecaliberal
(32,895 posts)Toes bora, he essentially let bin laden go.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)The US was attacked by a terrorist group being sheltered by the Taliban in Afghanistan. That group drawing a lot of recruits from the heartland of Wahhabism doesn't equate to Saudi Arabia attacking the US.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Guess we will have to check the transcript later.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Are correct whether they were in Afghanistan or lived there.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)onecaliberal
(32,895 posts)ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)And it is pure idiocy to think so.
Al Qaida had as its goal the overthrow of Saudi Arabia. Still does, actually.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)And watch the du minions lap it up
Samantha
(9,314 posts)and I really, really needed to tonight. And you are very correct. Many Saudi billionaires financed the 9/11, but are you sure that number 19 is correct? I know it is a high number, but I am not too sure it is that high, just asking.
Sam
onecaliberal
(32,895 posts)... the FBI reported that there were 19 hijackers in all:
HoneychildMooseMoss
(251 posts)weren't involved in the hijacking and were actually alive after 9/11.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm
I wonder how many of those hijackers' identities were actually people who had been rounded up by Ashcroft in the immediate aftermath of 9/11?
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/21/lawsuit-muslims-september-11-roundup-abuse
Samantha
(9,314 posts)I simply asked the question because I knew there were a lot of Saudi involved, but I thought other nationalities were as well. That is why I asked. A couple of the sources said 15 of the 19 were Saudi; another said 11. This article at the below link lists the nationality of each hijacker, for example:
pilot of plane which hit Pentagon was Saudi Arabian
pilot of plane which hit WTC North Tower was Egyptian
pilot of plane which hit WTC South Tower was from United Arab Emirates
pilot of the the crashed flight in Pennsylvania was Lebanese
http://www.fairus.org/issue/identity-and-immigration-status-of-9-11-terrorists
Looks like the number this source reveals as Saudi is 15.
Sam