Chapter 2 of the 9/11 Commission Report, in my opinion, helped me learn more about the background and understand clearer how Al Qaeda came to have so much power. While in the graphic adaptation they do mention most of these points, this chapter 2 gives more in depth detail about how and why all of these affairs were able to take place. One point I wanted to reflect on was my own personal understanding of the way Osama bin Ladin was able to gain so many followers for his hatred towards America. The graphic adaptation touches base, but chapter 2 from the 9/11 Report goes into the matter in greater detail. For example, it explains how he used the evidence of the United States occupying Middle East countries and supporting Israel. The economic situation and lack of a strong government left many individuals discontent and as the report mentions, "easy targets for radicalization". On page 54 it says, "He could present himself and his allies as victorious warriors in the one great successful experience for Islamic militancy in the 1980s: the Afghan jihad against the Soviet occupation." The Soviet Union being one of the superpowers of the world at the time, it would seem like a great accomplishment and give hope that no force was too strong to overcome.
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