Chronicle of a fiasco foretold

I was living in New York in September 2001 when two planes – flown by terrorists – rammed into the World Trade Centre’s Twin Towers. Many irate Americans demanded immediate revenge, calling for someone to be given a bloody nose for killing 3,000 American citizens. The United Nations (UN) turned a blind eye, as the warmongering, sanctimonious George W. Bush administration launched a war into Afghanistan: a decision the world body would soon rue when Uncle Sam abused the UN by launching an illegitimate invasion into Iraq 17 months later in search of non-existent “weapons of mass destruction.”
 Onward Christian soldiers: The endless “war on terror”
 
Washington ignorantly declared its military mission “Operation Infinite Justice,” until someone pointed out that this was reminiscent of a Christian Crusade. The global “war on terror” was then renamed “Operation Enduring Freedom.” America unleashed awesome military force on the al-Qaeda-supporting Taliban administration in Afghanistan, and a “regime change” was easily effected within a month. The jihadist regime simply melted into the mountains and the general population. The fact that 15 of the19 terrorists who had flown the planes that attacked the United States (US) were Saudi citizens barely registered on America’s public consciousness. Instead, Washington’s political establishment continued to protect its oil-rich human rights-abusing client. Riyadh is not too different from the Taliban in its maltreatment of women and spreading of global terror, but yet escapes censure and isolation.