Reply #2: The irony is that the Soviets fought the same guy 20 years ago.

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And we helped him back then! :crazy:

Anyone remember what OBLs original beef was with America (I know, some of you lurking freepers are wondering what OBL stands for)? It was back in Poppy Bush's day. He didn't want America using Saudi Arabia as a military base. I guess he was too stupid to realize that it not how monarchies work. In a monarchy, the King gets to say what will and won't happen. Poppy got his military build up after GWI, OBL gets mad and has someone try to blow up the WTC (first time).

Fortunately Bill Clinton is in charge and they catch the guy and lock his ass in prison (take notes Repukes, we got the bastard). Still the first attack was huge, killed 6 people and injured 100s. :( Maybe someone should have started paying attention then? They were the Twin Towers, after all. Not some mobile amusement park. An American landmark. Guess we were to busy trying to figure out what went wrong with Waco.

And what are we building in Iraq? The biggest Embassy on the planet. A Citadel by the Tigris. So when they attack it in the future, will Halliburton have a no-bid to repair it? Sounds like a win win for defense contractors.