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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. These were "a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks [...] against the United States of America on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001."
Of the 2,977 people who died, 2,605 were U.S. citizens and 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators). More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks, including the United Kingdom (67 deaths), the Dominican Republic (47 deaths), India (41 deaths), Greece (39 deaths), South Korea (28 deaths), Canada (24 deaths), Japan (24 deaths), Colombia (18 deaths), Jamaica (16 deaths), Philippines (16 deaths), Mexico (15 deaths), Trinidad and Tobago (14 deaths), Ecuador (13 deaths), Australia (11 deaths), Germany (11 deaths), Italy (10 deaths), Bangladesh (6 deaths), Ireland (6 deaths), Pakistan (6 deaths), and Poland (6 deaths).
It was a tragedy not only for America, but for the world.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @04:12PM (2 children)
It happened because of Neoconservatives, Left wing Jews who left the Democratic party years ago to join the Republican Party when the Democratic Party decided they were not so keen on supporting Israel anymore. The Neocons in GWB's administration were the force pushing these Middle Eastern "democratic makeover" wars. The entire GWB administration thought that was a great idea because they bought into that ideology.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @04:40PM (1 child)
I will add that neoconservative ideology has been put to the test and found to be a flop. It has been thoroughly discredited, with only the original believers who put it into action (GWB administration) still believing it.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @04:43PM
Oh, and neocons, having come originally from the Left, are not limited to the GOP. Hillary Clinton was a big neocon in her foreign policy.