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		colechristensen 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CDC: Unpublished manuscripts mentioning certain to... This was bin laden’s goal. Making Americans afraid was very successful because it turns out that stoking fear is very profitable and useful for gaining power. Now everyone is taking advantage of it.

guerrilla 10 months ago [–]

This isn't just this person's opion. bin Laden wrote about and spoke about it quite often, even before 9/11.

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