Osama Bin Ladin pulled off the biggest leveraged deal in history. Spending just $500,000 he triggered the USA to squander trillions on useless wars and the new National Security State of the NSA/CIA etc.
The Chicoms would never have fallen into this trap after being attacked. Same for Putin’s Russia. They would have gotten revenge asymmetrically at a much lower cost. For the ChiComs ol Sun Tsu’s rules would have been observed.
Aside from blowing trillions we have thousands of fine young men killed and crippled via George Bush’s futile wars. At very minimum we should not have engaged in Iraqi nation building. Now Iran is the beneficiary of Shiite ruled Iraq. But as certified fool Colin Powell said long ago....”You break it then you own it”. He got that one right.
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COLIN POWELL ON IRAQ: “YOU BREAK IT YOU OWN IT”
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/06/13/colin-powell-on-iraq...
COLIN POWELL ON IRAQ: “YOU BREAK IT YOU OWN IT ... Colin Powell said this to President Bush before the Iraq ... Then Realize You’ve Become A Stormtrooper For The ...
If You Break It, You Own It | HuffPost
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-mitrovich/if-you-break-it...
On the invasion of Iraq, Colin Powell famously told President George W. Bush, “If you break it you own it.” In an interview with the Atlantic, General Powell said of ...
Colin Powell on How His Pottery Barn Rule Applies to Syria ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/the...
Colin Powell on his famous “you break it, you own it” view of war, and how it’s nice to have a doctrine named after you.
Pottery Barn rule - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_Barn_rule
... Richard Armitage called this the Pottery Barn rule: You break it, you own it ... of State Colin Powell told this ... said that I used the “Pottery Barn rule.”
A lot cheaper to just do what Trump is trying to do regarding Muslim immigration.