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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Bush 100% knew the Saudis were behind it, so not sarcasm.

The US wanted a base in the Middle East that wasn’t SA, and Iraq was an easy target. They didn’t care about destabilization. That was a perk. It was all about force projection from a central base.