Bin Laden viewed the lack of response to the USS cole bombing as an absence of ‘chops’ of the US to strike back, hence he intensified his plans to force the US out of the middle east.
To be fair though, Bin Laden was prepper and conspiracy theorist so it might not have influenced him heaps.
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Turning the other cheek to these people just invites them to do worse.
Don’t fire when fired upon, then. Sounds like a good way to get hit by a second round.
Bin Laden viewed the lack of response to the USS cole bombing as an absence of ‘chops’ of the US to strike back, hence he intensified his plans to force the US out of the middle east.
To be fair though, Bin Laden was prepper and conspiracy theorist so it might not have influenced him heaps.
and he really fucked up hard if “forcing the US out of the middle east” was his goal.