Bin Laden never existed.
Have you ever thought about that? He is a fictional character invented by the US government so they could invade Iraq. Just a theory of course.
20 comments
I'm almost willing to buy that. He did provide a convenient boogey-man figure for what would otherwise be a disparate and faceless collection of confused and confusing Islamists of various stripes. The theory breaks down (as usual) when you consider that if you were making somebody up for the role you would have done a much better job. Y'know, like making him an Iraqi.
If he's fictional, why were some of his family members sent back to Saudi Arabia after 9/11 to protect them? If you were inventing a fictional enemy, why make him a member of a Saudi family with whom the US has good relations?
Disregarding all of the documentation available here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden and many many other places:
If you were creating a bogeyman, you wouldn't make his supposed biography that of a scion of the family that owns the largest construction firm in the world.
The Bin Ladens own the Saudi Binladin Group, with an annual gross income of about 2 billion USD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family Osama himself got an inheritance of ~25 million before his family disowned him over his extremism and advocacy for violence.
Um, the reason we invaded Iraq was over a lot of suppositions and lies that Bush made. He wanted wars rather than tactical actions to handle Osama, while Obama focused on tactical actions.
Bush was a good bold faced liar and/or speculator. Doesn't mean there wasn't a crazy person named Osama too, just he had no ties to Saddam.
@J.James
Thank you. People who paint an entire country with broad strokes are just as ignorant as the fundies featured here.
Of course they notice all the idiots but pay no attention to the intellectuals, scientists, and other intelligent people that are very common in the U.S.
I am glad Rizzo is gone. Or did he just change his name?
So to invade Iraq, the US created a fictional Saudi Arabian, that lived in Afghanistan, fought the Soviets with US support, and hid in Pakistan.
WTF does any of that have to do with Iraq?
Except that, you know, Russia had been trying to kill the guy since the 80's.
This just means the plot goes that far back, and was so crucial that the US and USSR were willing to work together on it. My high-level sources told me.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
To post a comment, you'll need to Sign in or Register . Making an account also allows you to claim credit for submitting quotes, and to vote on quotes and comments. You don't even need to give us your email address.