Reminder, ISIS/Al Quaeda did not exist, it was invented by the NeoCons as a label to tag all "terrorists" in the middle east, and Bin Laden was a CIA asset.
We needed an Emmanuel Goldstein character to be at war with.
Their existence was mentioned circa 1998 when the NeoCons had their "Project for a new American Century" paper in which described needing some sort of catalyst for opening up multiple wars simultaneously in the middle east.
Saddam Hussein was also an asset until he started to accept other currencies than the US$.
Reminder, ISIS/Al Quaeda did not exist, it was invented by the NeoCons as a label to tag all "terrorists" in the middle east, and Bin Laden was a CIA asset.
We needed an Emmanuel Goldstein character to be at war with.
Their existence was mentioned circa 1998 when the NeoCons had their "Project for a new American Century" paper in which described needing some sort of catalyst for opening up multiple wars simultaneously in the middle east.
Saddam Hussein was also an asset until he started to accept other currencies than the US$.
The Taliban is probably a real force.