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cervantes wrote the ingenious hidalgo don quixote of la mancha (don quixote) in the early 17th century. it is a novel about a retired country gentleman who has become obsessed with books on chivalry and knighthood. don quixote believes every word he reads even though many of the events of the knights are not true. don quixote decides to become a knight and embark on a journey to look for adventure.
osama bin laden faced a similar situation. the united states and the saudi regime, along with private donors, poured money into the construction of military bases in afghanistan during the afghan-soviet war of the 1980s. when the soviets were pushed out of afghanistan in 1989, these military bases and their soldiers, who were trained by al qaeda, stayed behind. bin laden was among these soldiers who no longer had a war to fight. like don quixote, bin laden also went looking for adventure. he found it by declaring war on the united states and unleashing the jihadis all over the world to undertake their own violent operations.
don quixote ends with the protagonist regaining his sanity and renouncing all chivalry, a form of irrational cleansing. cervantes is regarded as one of the greatest authors that has ever lived, and the wisdom that his protagonist gained has been a lesson passed down to us today. lets hope bin laden learns don quixotes lesson and has a similar manifestation.
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I counted one hundred and thirty-two "e"s in that text.
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