Originally published at: Historical News of the Times, 9/12/01: GOP Votes Against Prosecution of bin Laden | Boing Boing
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Oddly Osama’s construction projects were better managed than Trumps.
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And engineering education will do that to you.
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Well, his families projects… I think he joined the Mujahadeen at a fairly young age, and didn’t actually work in the family business, if I’m remembering correctly.
Also, the Bin Laden group has a bad habit of trying to erase Ottoman history via construction, to make it seem like the house of Saud has always been the protectors of Mecca and Medina, when in reality it was the Hashemites from the 10th century until about a century ago even under the Ottomans, because they trace their ancestry back to the prophet (one of his grand or great grand parents?).
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“. . . how will they achieve UNITY with us?!”
Bingo.
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Another comparison between 9/11 and January 6: the heroes of United Airlines Flight 93 downed the plane while trying to regain control. Its target? The US Capitol.
Osama bin Laden was foiled in his attack on the US Capitol while MAGA terrorists breached it with the support of Trump and the GOP.
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“There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.” - John Heywood
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The GOP take their morality lessons from Monty Python; wealth supercedes such petty things as murder
*just in case anyone has not seen it, Palin’s character is downplaying mass murder in hopes of getting richer land
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