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Originally Posted by Rochard
That might be true.
You can argue that the Afghani people allowed the Taliban to take control of the country, and the Taliban allowed and even encouraged Al-Qaeda to attack the US.
The US didn't attack the Afghani people. We attacked the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. I don't recall many reports of US troops attacking Afghanis; I'm currently reading The Outpost by Jake Tapper and they haven't mentioned that yet.
You seem to saying that the US did not have the right to attack Afghanistan. Thousands of Americans died for no reason, billions of dollars of damage and... You expected us to do what? Nothing?
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You are just twisting pseudo-facts and repeating urban legends.
First, the US were doing business with the talibans ( you need pic to be posted again ?)
Secondly, the talibans were not supporting al-quaeda ... ( let's say they were, don't you find it strange that no afghani is part of the plot ...)
Thirdly:
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theguardian.com, Sunday 14 October 2001 17.19 EDT
President George Bush rejected as "non-negotiable" an offer by the Taliban to discuss turning over Osama bin Laden if the United States ended the bombing in Afghanistan.
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I would think that the bombs were landing on afghanis , no ...?