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On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 15 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The Bush administration allowed the attacks to happen by indifference and incompetence and then used the American people's fear to get what they wanted.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Which turned out to be what bin Laden wanted

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  • [–] 4 points 13 hours ago

    Correct. That single terrorist act has succeeded in ways Americans refuse to acknowledge. We allow the memorial of the event to create division, this last one being particularly divisive.

    It's all self inflicted at this point but I could see future historians crediting Bin Laden for seeding the fall of the empire.

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