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Okay, so I guess I'm slow and never noticed this until just now.
In the 1970s, we had Abu Nidal as the terrorist du jour to fear.
Meaning "father of Nidal" and Nidal meaning "the struggle".
Then we have today, with Bin Ladin.
Bin Ladin meaning "son of Ladin" and I'm not entirely sure what Ladin means beyond that, but apparently when he was in the States he was Tim Osman.
I find it amusing that our scary Goldstein figures over the years have only gone from father to son and a reversal of the name.
It is like when they were deciding on names to use for causing panic, it was late and they just decided "ahh fuck it, just reverse the thing and let's go get drunk".
In the 1970s, we had Abu Nidal as the terrorist du jour to fear.
Meaning "father of Nidal" and Nidal meaning "the struggle".
Then we have today, with Bin Ladin.
Bin Ladin meaning "son of Ladin" and I'm not entirely sure what Ladin means beyond that, but apparently when he was in the States he was Tim Osman.
I find it amusing that our scary Goldstein figures over the years have only gone from father to son and a reversal of the name.
It is like when they were deciding on names to use for causing panic, it was late and they just decided "ahh fuck it, just reverse the thing and let's go get drunk".

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