Because they lack critical thinking skills, are prone to accepting information without attribution or evidence, and because it makes for a great story. read more
So people who say Usama bin Ladin was trained or financed by the USA are ignorant. People who claim he was an agent of the CIA are to be avoided. Their way of thinking is so muddled and useless it can only poison the minds of others or frustrate those who put in the effort to understand the facts. So that's why people say stupid things like that. read more
Bin Laden did not keep his beliefs or intentions secret. Bin Laden didn’t sneak up on us. A thorough chronology of his edicts and statements is posted on PBS Frontline. August 1996: Bin Laden’s Fatwa or “Declaration of War Against the Americans Who Occupy the Land of the Two Holy Mosques” foreshadows the events of September 11, 2001. read more