Here are some quick facts relevant to 9/11 and the withdrawal from Afghanistan:
· Began war in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.
· April 17, 2002, President Bush announced plans to rebuild Afghanistan.
· Pivoted to Iraq on October 11, 2002 looking for weapons of mass destruction.
· Osama Bin Laden killed, May 2, 2011.
· US pulled out of Afghanistan, Aug 30, 2021.
· 2976 people were killed on 9/11.
· Almost 2,500 service members died in Afghanistan.
“Nobody argued with the use of the word “evil” on September 11, 2001.”
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Music:
Little Lily Swing, Tri-Tachyon, Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/the-kleptotonic-ep/little-lily-swing
Sorry, Comfort Fit, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE), https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Comfort_Fit/Forget_And_Remember/03_Sorry