Why does most of the US blame Saudi Arabia for the 9/11 attacks? Al-Qaeda may have been trained there but that doesn't makes Saudi's responsible does it?

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Does most of the US blame Saudi Arabia for the attack? I’ve never heard anyone make that claim, let alone MOST people.

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    MAGAts do, everyone else blames Bush lol

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  • DomeGuy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A good part of the right-wing anti-muslim bigots in our country blame the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for what a criminal group led by a (distant) cousin of the king did.

    Most Americans were 13 or younger when 9/11 happened, and only know what their parents, schools, and friends said.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Most Americans were 13 or younger when 9/11 happened

      And this is the most painful thing I’ve read today.

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Little while ago Saudi Arabia invited a bunch of comics over and alot of people were calling them sellouts and why would they do that for a country that trained people who commited 9/11. I can get a list if you want?

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    • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That was more about Mohammad “Bone Saw” Bin Salman’s attacks on the free press, although given the fact that Saudi terrorists, commissioned by a Saudi leader (Bin Laden) trained in Saudi Arabia were the actual culprits of 9/11, it’s really hard to not consider the Saudi people at least somewhat culpable for fomenting extremism.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have no doubt that there are ignorant assholes out there, and the reason they believe that is because racism. But I don’t think they are anywhere close to being the majority.

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    • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Would it not be the equivalent of a what supremacist gang get into the army and get trained and do a couple tours here and there. Comeback home and all go to Canada and pull off a deadly attack? Should the US be blamed for training the group that messed up Canada? Or does the US get a pass because we are a hegemony?

      Oh, and this? This would absolutely an American attack on an ally. The fact it’s not officially commissioned by the DoD does not in any way absolve America more broadly of the crimes of the terrorists they produce.

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• marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Al-Qaeda trained in Afghanistan, Sudan, and had ties to people in Pakistan. 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi, although 3 of the 4 pilots (who were the leaders and apparently the only ones who knew the plan was a suicide mission) were not Saudi; those were from Egypt, UAE, and Lebanon.

  In the immediate aftermath, as details first came out about the identities of the hijackers, there was a lot of anger towards Muslims in general and Saudis in particular, especially after it became public that the Bush administration had allowed several members of the Saudi royal family to fly out of the US while all US airspace was supposed to be closed. In the intervening years, whether because of active rehabilitation efforts by the Saudis or by wider acceptance of Al-Qaeda as a pan-Arab organization, I feel like that anti-Saudi sentiment has cooled.

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• snooggums@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  15 of the 19 attackers were citizens of Saudi Arabia, and I was pretty sure their training for the attack was in Afghanistan. The US used the horror of the attack to invade Iraq, which had nothing to do with the attacks.

  People pointing out the citizenship of the majority of the attackers isn’t blaming the country of Saudi Arabia, it is highlighting that the official narrative to justify invading Iraq was bullshit.

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  • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Iraq war had worse consequences than it should have.

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• GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pro Tip: When you are wanting to ask a Why question, its a good practice to make sure the What part is accurate. Especially when it includes a broad generalization. Have a blessed day!

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Saudi’s

  Saudis

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    yea i know it was spell check for some stupid ass reason.

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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Al-Quaeda was part of a network of Wahabist terror organisations; wahabism is chiefly sustained and funded by the Saudi establishment, and Al Quaeda had its financial base there. Most of the perpetrators of 9/11 were Saudi, and two of these had strong contact with Saudi intelligence. There are circumstantial pointers too, such as the head of Saudi intelligence being summarily dismissed days before the attacks, having served in post since 1979.

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• Nytefyre@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Man this user asks some pretty dumb questions. You sir, are an example of there being such a thing as stupid questions.

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ah another follower that’s sweet. Welcome aboard.

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• Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There’s more to it than training

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• sunsofold@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  America does give military training to white supremacists and gang members. They then usually attack Americans, though. Some reports hold, in fact, they put one such individual in charge of the Department of War.

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