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Originally Posted by lane912
you forgot to add, terrorists have caused the image of that man standing naked to be burned into the minds of millions. for the terrorist that alone was worth the price of admission-
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Yes, and whenever I stand in the TSA checkpoint and get patted-down by some empowered wage slave I say to myself the terrorists won. They forced us to change the way we live. They forced us to treat each other worse and they forced us to restrict our freedom through legislation such as the Patriot Act. If I were an Islamic fundamentalist crouched in front of a TV in the tribal regions of northern Afghanistan I would look at how American political reaction to 9/11 changed America and how America had been so easily lured into two incredibly expensive foreign wars and I'd say, "Hey, Achmed, I think we won." They spent maybe a few million while we've racked up at least what, 20 trillion in additional debt since 9/11.
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