I got as far as them re-litigating Joe Lieberman

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    The way we fight terrorists is to decapitate the head of their organization. Pretty soon No one wants to be boss anymore

    So you're just making shit up from video games or tv, because this is the opposite of the truth. This is the tactic the US used in Iraq and Afghanistan, it consistently failed because there's always someone new who can replace the head of the organization. This isn't some leftist critique, this is what the US government learned from more than a decade of trying to make that tactic work.

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Who's in charge of Afghanistan right now? How many Taliban leaders do you suppose were assassinated between the invasion of Afghanistan and the Taliban re-acquisition of control?

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        He was never a leader of Al Qaeda, it did not ever have a formal hierarchy. He was more like a mascot who had a lot of money. You should do some more research about him, and terrorist "organizations" in general, if you're going to bloviate about them.