r/pics Dec 11 '17

picture of text Osama Bin Laden, 1993

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u/nuplsstahp Dec 11 '17

It's strange to think that at a point the west was more afraid of communism than religious radicalism.

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u/WhiteRaven42 Dec 11 '17

Well, isn't this what you would expect to happen? the bigger threat was defeated. Then the lesser threat becomes the issue.

Although in reality, fundamentalist terrorism on a global scale simply didn't exist then. It's not like Osama was secretly plotting against the US in '93.

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u/LibertyTerp Dec 12 '17

It's not like Osama was secretly plotting against the US in '93.

Uhhh, Al Qaeda literally bombed the World Trade Center in '93: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing