Last week...on the Discovery Channel...there were two great documentaries about
Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, and the steps that led up to this war.
Basically, it boils down to a handful of major events:
1. Russia invades Afghanistan in the 1980's...and by the early 90's had to withdraw in
defeat.
2. Bin Laden, at that time, was a rebel fighter in Afghanistan, and saw the Soviet withdrawl
as a sign that the "Superpowers can be beaten".
3. Al Qaeda was formed during this, and it's still thought that the "Official" Al Qaeda
has only 300 "sworn" members. The rest, like Zarqawi are just fringe nuts, looking
for a way to bolster their somewhat sick egos, criminal lifestyle, etc. through
publicity, and the leading name in Terror. (aka Al Qaeda)
4. At the end of the Afghanistan confict...things calmed down, and with no cause to
rattle sabers to, Al Qaeda may have died out by the mid-90's...but...
5. Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait.
6. Fresh from his "victory" over the Soviets, Bin Laden, offers his services and his
rag-tag Afghan based army to the Saudi, (Bin Laden is from S.A) Royal Family in
order to pry Saddam out of Kuwait, and the Saudi area.
7. Osama's offer is rejected by the Saudi's, and in fact his offer is even ridiculed.
This was not the mountainous areas of Afghanistan, but the flat, open, desert.
8. Osama/Bin Laden's ego and pride are crushed, but what really infuriates him,
and gives his "Al Qaeda" a "cause", is the fact that the Saudi's took advantage
of the U.S.'s agreement to get Saddam out of Kuwait.
9. Like a hurt child...Bin Laden makes a mental note to wage war against the
"infidels", aka the U.S.
10. The terror attacks started small...a U.S. consulate...the first attack on the W.T.C.,
the terror atack on the U.S.S. warship Cole...then 9/11.
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Basically, what you have in Bin Laden is a rich, spoiled child,...
taking his aggressions out on the U.S. and any of it's allies, because he was rejected
by the Saudi's in the Kuwait deal.
And just like Hitler before him, he uses the guise of "jihad"...a "Holy War", as an
excuse to try and repair his hurt and bruised ego.
Hitler used WW II as a cover for his own private war, and systematic extermination actions against the Jews.
Like I said...this is just a rough sketch of what happened.
Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, and the steps that led up to this war.
Basically, it boils down to a handful of major events:
1. Russia invades Afghanistan in the 1980's...and by the early 90's had to withdraw in
defeat.
2. Bin Laden, at that time, was a rebel fighter in Afghanistan, and saw the Soviet withdrawl
as a sign that the "Superpowers can be beaten".
3. Al Qaeda was formed during this, and it's still thought that the "Official" Al Qaeda
has only 300 "sworn" members. The rest, like Zarqawi are just fringe nuts, looking
for a way to bolster their somewhat sick egos, criminal lifestyle, etc. through
publicity, and the leading name in Terror. (aka Al Qaeda)
4. At the end of the Afghanistan confict...things calmed down, and with no cause to
rattle sabers to, Al Qaeda may have died out by the mid-90's...but...
5. Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait.
6. Fresh from his "victory" over the Soviets, Bin Laden, offers his services and his
rag-tag Afghan based army to the Saudi, (Bin Laden is from S.A) Royal Family in
order to pry Saddam out of Kuwait, and the Saudi area.
7. Osama's offer is rejected by the Saudi's, and in fact his offer is even ridiculed.
This was not the mountainous areas of Afghanistan, but the flat, open, desert.
8. Osama/Bin Laden's ego and pride are crushed, but what really infuriates him,
and gives his "Al Qaeda" a "cause", is the fact that the Saudi's took advantage
of the U.S.'s agreement to get Saddam out of Kuwait.
9. Like a hurt child...Bin Laden makes a mental note to wage war against the
"infidels", aka the U.S.
10. The terror attacks started small...a U.S. consulate...the first attack on the W.T.C.,
the terror atack on the U.S.S. warship Cole...then 9/11.
=========================================
Basically, what you have in Bin Laden is a rich, spoiled child,...
taking his aggressions out on the U.S. and any of it's allies, because he was rejected
by the Saudi's in the Kuwait deal.
And just like Hitler before him, he uses the guise of "jihad"...a "Holy War", as an
excuse to try and repair his hurt and bruised ego.
Hitler used WW II as a cover for his own private war, and systematic extermination actions against the Jews.
Like I said...this is just a rough sketch of what happened.