his words. he talks about doing to america what he did to the soviet union. osama bin laden believes he collapsed the soviet union. really what it was, was spending too much, a war that was dragging on forever in afghanistan. see if this sounds familiar at all. unrest within the population of the soviet union. and international pressure. oh, nothing to worry about there, because that doesn t sound anything like our situation. what made them collapse in the end was financial disaster. that s why bin laden learned from that. and chose the world trade center. it was a symbol of the american economy. it wasn t it was more we felt like it was a symbol, because we never think that the united states could financially collapse. but he does. he believed that they could destroy the american economy with a massive hit. and they almost did it.
his words. he talks about doing to america what he did to the soviet union. osama bin laden believes he collapsed the soviet union. really what it was, was spending too much, a war that was dragging on forever in afghanistan. see if this sounds familiar at all. unrest within the population of the soviet union. and international pressure. oh, nothing to worry about there, because that doesn t sound anything like our situation. what made them collapse in the end was financial disaster. that s why bin laden learned from that. and chose the world trade center. it was a symbol of the american economy. it wasn t it was more we felt like it was a symbol, because we never think that the united states could financially collapse. but he does. he believed that they could destroy the american economy with a massive hit. and they almost did it.