Mark Small

I know: but bin Laden & others were angry that infidels set foot on the holy land (Saudi) of Islam. & bombs were being dropped on ppl of their faith in several countries. + they didn't like leaders of those countries (or Iraq)

Yes, the bin laden family.... "The bin Laden family (Arabic: بن لادن, bin Lādin), also spelled bin Ladin, is a wealthy family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi royal family. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family …

Osama bin Laden was not "in" w/the rest of his family. He was a sick-o: and 1 of the ppl who obtained stinger missiles fr USA.

Because they said so??? The same people who murdered and dismembered an American journalist? Come on man.

Not just because they said so. Had to do w/feelings of anger many had w/Gulf War I. It's all convoluted. The bottom line is our use of military force as a default in international problems flips back on us.

As general principal, yes, it does, but that was not was this was ever about. Or, at least, not the source of where that anger came from or where the decision to make the attack on the US were made.

Let us leave it there for now. We can discuss it later. I agree the whole thing ewas messed up & thousands of innocent ppl lost their lives - & specific reasons are difficult to determine, even after nearly 18 years.

How do you determine the reasons for something that you don't blame on the people who actually did them? "We'll eventually figure out why those people who didn't do it, did these things dammit! Even if we have to kill everyone who didn't do it!"