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The2ndWheel

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8. They're not the same situation

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 10:38 AM

Nov 2015

If Mohamed Atta survived 9/11, and was in NY or some other state, that might be a more apt comparison. France also did do some bombing runs in another country. If this happened during the heyday of France being a colonial empire, there also might have been a different response. Plus, by killing this guy, is France in the clear? They had the Charlie Hebdo thing, and they killed those guys too.

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so france, within days, kills the attack mastermind without invading any countries, [View all] restorefreedom Nov 2015 OP

Little harder to grab Osama than the twerp they just killed. trumad Nov 2015 #1

Yep. Osama wasn't sitting around in NYC after 9/11 FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #2

+1 treestar Nov 2015 #5

True, but Osama awoke_in_2003 Nov 2015 #53

just a slight understatement, lol. BootinUp Nov 2015 #55

Apples and oranges, but whatever... Blue_Tires Nov 2015 #3

We invaded the wrong country. onehandle Nov 2015 #4

snap! but since the bushes and saudis were bff's, restorefreedom Nov 2015 #6

Worst country and worst culture in the world. hifiguy Nov 2015 #60

But they have been bombing Syria n2doc Nov 2015 #7

They're not the same situation The2ndWheel Nov 2015 #8

yes, i did just see a reference restorefreedom Nov 2015 #15

but cheneys war for oil instead of going after obl AlbertCat Nov 2015 #41

They were the same on 9/11. Both were attacks by individuals jwirr Nov 2015 #58

The French and most other European nations hifiguy Nov 2015 #61

Exactly. jwirr Nov 2015 #63

I'm with you... Punkingal Nov 2015 #9

of course, their help would have only been helpful restorefreedom Nov 2015 #16

Bush chose to invade Iraq - Obama went after OBL & got him whathehell Nov 2015 #44

Bush: Truly not concerned about bin Laden Jarqui Nov 2015 #10

they didn't want obl. restorefreedom Nov 2015 #18

Well they actually cared about getting him, unlike Bush and his crew of thugs. Rex Nov 2015 #11

nope. they wanted their poster boy alive to wage more war. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #20

Agree 100% He was a very useful asset to the CIA...er...was a useful tool for the Reagan WH. Rex Nov 2015 #22

yup. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #25

This dude was more like Atta...the mastermind is al-Baghdadi, who will be harder to snag alcibiades_mystery Nov 2015 #12

true, but their diversion for oil did not help. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #24

Facts alcibiades_mystery Nov 2015 #28

:) nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #30

Just for the record they are heavily bombing ISIS targets. CentralMass Nov 2015 #13

It really helps when the mastermind is right in your own country. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #14

+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #39

Uh...he was in France. If bin Laden was in Oklahoma, we wouldn't need to invade either. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2015 #17

they still dropped the ball on obl to fulfill their restorefreedom Nov 2015 #23

Even if UBL HAD been in Oklahoma, hifiguy Nov 2015 #62

yup. 911 just gave them a convenient way in. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #64

If this report is correct, BlueMTexpat Nov 2015 #19

exactly. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #21

Yep, a whole other agenda by the Bush Cheney gang. Maineman Nov 2015 #32

Except when "Global Research" states something you know it's almost always BS.. EX500rider Nov 2015 #48

Gratefully, France has no history of involvement in foreign countries *coughIndoChinacough* Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #26

Well, we assured safe passage to the bin Laden family in the Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #27

yup. they didn't really want to get him. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #29

+1000 heaven05 Nov 2015 #31

Pretty sure France bombed the bejeezus out of Raqqa Jester Messiah Nov 2015 #33

Yep... Helen Borg Nov 2015 #35

I begin to question the wisdom of that old saw. Jester Messiah Nov 2015 #47

You mean, the 10 year olds Helen Borg Nov 2015 #50

I find it a refreshing alternative to our bumbling anti-terrorism policies blackspade Nov 2015 #34

How do their rich people get richer without endless war??? nt valerief Nov 2015 #36

this is a stupid argument JI7 Nov 2015 #37

thank you for your substantive reply. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #43

I'm very upset. svpadgham Nov 2015 #38

Of course they didn't invade any countries to catch him, he was IN FRANCE! George II Nov 2015 #40

my point was they stayed on target restorefreedom Nov 2015 #42

Cheese eating surrender monkeys JEB Nov 2015 #45

More like the 1996 edhopper Nov 2015 #46

Bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys! KamaAina Nov 2015 #49

...and bombing multiple locations in Raqqa... brooklynite Nov 2015 #51

as we did in afghanistan nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #52

We didn't invade Afghanistan within a week of 9/11 either... brooklynite Nov 2015 #54

Give them time. It took us almost a month to invade another country after 9/11. Glassunion Nov 2015 #56

Ok. In fairness, we probably would have to if Osama Bin Laden was in NYC after 9/11. yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #57

its not completely analagous, restorefreedom Nov 2015 #59