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Bin Laden is definitely the Gavrilo Princip, but I disagree with the opinion that our leaders were just innocently and emotionally reacting to 9/11, as most of Bush's cabinet consisted of hardcore, , Team B[1], neoconservative ideologues.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_B

I don't think they were innocently reacting, I think that people innocently[1] let them do it, and that this was Bin Laden's intention.

[1] I stopped short of saying dumbly.

History is written by the victors

Not sure this quote is quite as relevant as it used to be, due to the extreme ubiquity of information storage.

History may not be written anymore, but surely is told by the victorious.

No mention of the people who elect these leaders?