• nonentity@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    On 2001-09-12, Al-Qaeda and bin Laden became superfluous because the US and those aligned with them plagiarised their play book and implemented it as the Patriot Act and related societal debasements.

    A healthy, well educated population which feels safe and secure is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

    They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

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      4 months ago

      It’s not their playbook. Their playbook is very different from that.

      On that date, the US declared defeat and adopted the terms Al-Qaeda imposed on them.

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      They also were surprised at how successful their plan worked out. It shouldn’t have been, but Bush got into office and opened the door.