The next time you laugh at that, think about the human beings that had their vacation bonuses decimated that day. Think about how the economic blow made countries like China catch up to us. Just think about that.

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a pretty decent refutation of Great Man Theory. bin Laden was just a guy who had the right connections to get the attack plan rolling. The hijackers were just 19 random dudes, not commandos or spec ops. Their plan worked because it was a vector of attack that hadn't been seriously considered and no one was really trying to defend against.

[–] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Their plan worked because somebody with authority over NORAD rescheduled a bunch of training simulations of commercial plane terrorist hijackings for the morning of 9/11. That vector of attack was calculated and they had the perfect defense from it. Somebody on the inside sabotaged those defenses.

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

hypersus

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

That part really fries my brain