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mk  ·  1268 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 28, 2020

Just don't put it in the stock market. :)

I think you give these groups far too much credit as combatants. Al-Qaeda fought a difficult war against the Soviet Union and Afghanistan before Bin Laden turned them against the West, and they were backed and armed by foreign governments (the US playing a prominent role). Those supremistst and militias are somewhat disenfranchised domestic working class folk. They have mortgages, truck payments, and enjoy deer season.

Also, Biden doesn't scare them as much as Trump wishes he would. That's why Biden scared Trump so much.