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Originally Posted by aklim
Isn't that the essence of vigilantism or a lynch mob? One could also put Bin Ladin in that same group for daring to do something and living the life of a fugitive when all others stood quietly.
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Absolutely, that is exactly how the U.S. government portrayed Bin Ladin and the other "freedom fighters" when their enemy was the USSR. That is also how current americans see their own revolutionary war. History is always written by the victors.