{"id":528,"date":"2001-12-12T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2001-12-12T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=528"},"modified":"2001-12-12T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2001-12-12T17:28:00","slug":"victory-as-collateral-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2001\/12\/12\/13\/28\/victory-as-collateral-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory as Collateral Benefit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the war’s stated purpose: to bring to justice those who had helped to mastermind the atrocities of September 11, and eliminate the bases where the terrorists had learned their skills. All the information available (and it was known before the first missile was launched against Afghanistan) suggests that the 19 hijackers trained for their mission in Europe and the United States, and entered the US with legal visas. Evidence that they personally had any connection with Afghanistanhas been minimal, verging on nil.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember the war’s stated purpose: to bring to justice those who had helped to mastermind the atrocities of September 11, and eliminate the bases where the terrorists had learned their skills. All the information...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t