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minus-squareYungTheorist [he/him]hexbear2·4 years agoI understand the why for either side. Osama Bin Laden wanted to make a statement and get revenge on the US, and the CIA wanted to depose an Anti colonialist leader in Iraq link
minus-squareennuid [he/him]hexbear8·4 years agoI'd say we wanted much more than that: an indefinite military occupation of an entire region and the patriot act immediately spring to mind. link
minus-squareYungTheorist [he/him]hexbear2·4 years agoYes. The patriot act is a beginning to the kind of state in which authoritarianism occurs for the wrong reasons. link
I understand the why for either side. Osama Bin Laden wanted to make a statement and get revenge on the US, and the CIA wanted to depose an Anti colonialist leader in Iraq
I'd say we wanted much more than that: an indefinite military occupation of an entire region and the patriot act immediately spring to mind.
Yes. The patriot act is a beginning to the kind of state in which authoritarianism occurs for the wrong reasons.