I have not seen a good explanation on this from Americans, who usually peddle the brainless “they hate our freedom” line. Lemmygrad is also sorely lacking any good discussions on this topic.

The U.S. funded the mujahideen to drain Soviet resources in Afghanistan. This makes it rather strange that after the Soviet Union collapsed, Al-Qaeda (one of the factions in the mujahideen) would turn around and bite the hand that fed them.

Was Al-Qaeda dissatisfied with some aspect of U.S. treatment toward them and expected the 9/11 attacks to change that? Or did the U.S. and Israel tacitly allow or even encourage the attacks to provide an excuse to dominate the Middle East?

I would love more sources and reading on this that aren’t just pro-US-empire propaganda!

  • big_spoon
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    10 days ago

    in my knowledge

    mujahideen helps the US to repeal soviet influence

    bin laden family becomes a huge construction and real state enterprise

    dubya was tanking in polls

    revolutionary spirit was getting serious around middle east with gaddafi, hussein, iran et al, probably threatening the business interests of the bin laden group

    the US was needing moar oil and israel needed more support and they had to do something about those pesky socialists of fatah

    they create a casus belli against islam and new revolutionary movements in middle east accusing them of being terrorists

    some convenient planes destroy a couple of buildings in the US killing useless innocents

    dubya can better his ruined reputation, bin laden family can keep the gravy train going, and everything arabic against israel and america becomes “muslim terrorism”

    for some reason, “al qaeda”, a extremist muslim group who hates jews but attacks every country in the middle east except israel, becomes the symbol for islamic fundamentalism

    • Comprehensive49OP
      6·
      9 days ago

      In other words, you suspect 9/11 was tacitly allowed to provide an excuse for the US to invade the Muddle East?