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Thinking about how if you were sent back in time it’d really be unclear what institutional levers to pull to stop 9/11 or how to pull them, but you could probably book on one of the flights and rally them to resist

Go back to the 80s and kill Osama before he has time to develop any sort of group or ideology? and the American government officials who created him would probably be the best \u201clevers to pull\u201d considering he would\u2019ve never even been in Afghanistan starting a terrorist organization if it weren\u2019t for the United States\u2019 meddling in the country as well as various guilty parties within Saudi government and business

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But what is that, really?

Try to become a Special Forces officer? Try to climb the CIA hierarchy? Become an aide to Charlie Wilson?

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