# Al Qaeda's True Target

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaedas-true-target/252347>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 26, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaedas-true-target/252347 "2004-06-26T19:52:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![R-Tec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3be4f8/32.png) [@R-Tec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R-Tec)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaedas-true-target/252347/41 "2004-07-01T14:40:30Z")

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> [@pervert](#):
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> Can you guys explain to me why this is? I understand that the line is a soundbite and rhetoric. As such it is certainly not sophisticated or deep. However, it does have enough truth in it to encompass the situation Bush talks about whenever he uses it.

You might find “Post #40” to be interesting… 😉

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