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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh goodness no. We had the War on Terror for 15 years after 2001. Global civilization took a serious crash dive after that. The terrorists won.

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

They have better financing

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The terrorists won.

Like Bush, Putin, Erdogan, those terrorists. Yep.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Bin Laden killed less than Bush did. And Obama.

What a fucked up world the state has invented.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Even Taliban won.