From: Tony Williams 

Adam > wrote:
> Tony Williams wrote:
>
>>Robert Comer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>A lot of us are starting to agree with this sentiment. (if we didn't
>>>before...)
>>>
>>
>>I can agree with the sentiment, but no way am I going to forget that it
>>was Osama who attacked us. He's still the primary enemy, not Bush.
>>
>
>
> Depends on when the "attack" started wrt who attacked who. the SU
> "helped" their comrades in Afghanistan & then & then
& then.

Point taken, but I see you've answered it yourself below.

> so 1979-2001.....
>
> Long time. Many odd events & many Afghans dying in nasty ways where coz
> the SU had pulled out noone gave a sh*t about any more. It is possible I
> met people then who were theorizing (more in sadness & frustration) that
> hitting the US would change things.
>
> It is possible that in many ways 9-11 was the last gasp of the cold war.

Intriguing POV, but don't forget North Korea.

> However OBL is demonstrably much brighter than Bush which is why he's a
> primary enemy of those to whom change is a threat.
>
> Always destroy the brightest & the luckiest first. The fact that OBL is
> still at liberty (& indeed still alive) shows he's both.

Yep. Intelligent, but batshit crazy.

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Tony

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