Bin Laden was an Islamist (purportedly) acting in the name of Islam. He wasn't some kind of Saudi nationalist acting to advance Saudi interests. There is no way you can claim his identity as a Saudi was more influential than him being a Muslim. That's just ahistoric.
I never said anything about Bin Laden's identity one way or the other. Nothing in the discussion I was having had anything to do with motivating factors.
I said that the nation that supported the terrorists is a much more important consideration than the religion of said terrorists. Their religion is wholly and completely irrelevant to what happened.
From the standpoint geopolitics and international terrorism, yes, religion is irrelevant and which nation facilitates said terrorism is more important.
Oh my brain completely skipped over the “than” yes these connections do matter lmfao. In this case Bin Laden was just some guy who got rich in a petro state and his national identity drove his ideology, but he wasn’t a government project or anything like that afaik
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u/freitasm 4h ago
Also, the Saudi, darlings of the US government were directly involved. More than any other nationalities.