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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made radical statements Monday night on Twitter, suggesting that the United States should not have authorized the use of force against those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks — the deadliest terrorist attack in world history.
"On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States," History.com reported. "Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush."
AOC expressed her belief that the United States should not have done anything in response, that we should not have gone to war in Afghanistan to punish the Taliban and Al Qaeda for the murder of 3,000 Americans. AOC also blames both the Republican and Democratic Party for the war in Iraq - Bush and the Republican Party for asking for the authority to go to war (Authorization to Use Military Force - 'AUMF') and both parties for voting to give President Bush that authority.
Perhaps AOC would have preferred a strongly written letter rebuking them for the attack...?!
("The AUMF "authorizes the president 'to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons'— in other words, al Qaeda and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.")
Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators
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"On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States," History.com reported. "Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush."
AOC expressed her belief that the United States should not have done anything in response, that we should not have gone to war in Afghanistan to punish the Taliban and Al Qaeda for the murder of 3,000 Americans. AOC also blames both the Republican and Democratic Party for the war in Iraq - Bush and the Republican Party for asking for the authority to go to war (Authorization to Use Military Force - 'AUMF') and both parties for voting to give President Bush that authority.
Perhaps AOC would have preferred a strongly written letter rebuking them for the attack...?!
("The AUMF "authorizes the president 'to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons'— in other words, al Qaeda and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.")
Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators
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