bgates, what would be so hard about not taking action on intelligence reports? A memo comes in and states that a radical group wants to use our planes to hit important US buildings. Two things can happen at this point. Our government can do everything in its power to make sure this does not happen or… and this is why people are asking questions, the government can stand by and let it happen.
Bush and the neo-conservatives wanted a piece of the middle east very bad. Check this out: (you probably have it bookmarked anyway)
Read the statement of principles and then look at the names below that are endorsing it. This goes way back to before republicans had total control. It would have been nearly impossible to get involved in the middle east without some sort of tragedy happening on American soil first.
Letting 9/11 happen was all that was needed to get the Neo-conservatives plan in motion.
I would think differently if we had gone to war and actually fought the people that did this to us. But instead we went into Iraq, hooked up Halliburton and other friends of the administration with nice fat contracts and then proceeded to fight the Iraqi’s. Doesn’t make sense.
I honestly believe that Bush thought once we were in the middle east things would start working in our favor and we would have a strong foothold in the region which would mean control over the oil supply and stronger military presence in that region.
Remember that Bush did this on his own, anyone that spoke up against his poor judgment seemed to lose their job or suddenly decided to retire. Bush has changed his reason for going to war who knows how many times and none of the reasons seem to hold much water. This whole thing was a misjudged blunder on an enormous scale and now we are stuck trying to figure out what to do now.
Going back to 9/11. Its easy to see how letting something like 9/11 happen could easily be the trigger to get a plan, a vision in motion. Using a nuke would be a little over the top and can be traced back to where it came from.
You can sit back and say its all BS if that makes you sleep better at night but many Americans like myself who are not so simple minded tend to think that we have been mislead.
