In 2004, Osama Bin Laden tipped his hand and explained his battle attack:
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"We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah," bin Laden said in the transcript.
He said the mujahedeen fighters did the same thing to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s, "using guerrilla warfare and the war of attrition to fight tyrannical superpowers."
"We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat," bin Laden said.
He also said al Qaeda has found it "easy for us to provoke and bait this administration."
"All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note other than some benefits for their private corporations," bin Laden said.
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So here we are, 7+ years later. Bin Laden's dead, but his plan sure looks like it was a good one. Couple trillion dollars taken from our treasury or added to our debt. An economy crippled and tensions on the rise. Like Russia, we're trying to find some way to redefine victory and get the heck out.
Food for thought as eyes turn toward Iran.
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