What Happened to al-Qaeda?

Except he didn't! He was a fucking moron in the vein of the IJN/IJA in 1941.

Did you read the Atlantic piece that people were screenshotting yesterday? Pretty interesting. I have just read a couple of books by @jobywarrick.bsky.social which gave me some extra perspective, but I think it'll stand alone okay. alt link: archive.is/ajM9n www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Gift link. What Happened to al-Qaeda? Twenty-five years after 9/11, analysts can’t decide if the terrorist organization is all but defunct or more threatening than ever. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

In 1970 Arafat wanted Amman to become the Hanoi of the Arabs. The PLO was an umbrella for many fractious groups that didn't always coordinate but did share one common goal. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Had ObL ever met a ’Murcan. A problem they can punch in the face is what they live for, brown Muslim’s bonus points www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2…

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Interesting piece examining whether, post 9/11, al-Qaeda was a global terror behemoth or an Islamist People's Front of Judea The conclusion is its much more the latter In many ways speaks to the trauma 9/11 caused in the American mind by this group and the rash and costly way we chose to respond