Quote:Not really. Truthers believe that some combination of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld actively caused 9/11 by ordering the US government to bomb the towers. I prefer not to believe that we attacked ourselves, but I do think that the Executive Branch knew exactly what was coming and chose to let it occur.

Quote:Clinton bears a great deal of the blame for the current mess for not taking care of Bin Laden when he had the chance. As I recall, the Cole bombing happened on his watch.

 

You actually have to go back further into history to look at what was happening.  Study a bit the Iranian Guard back in the 1960's - 1970's.  What were they all about?  You had the political leader of Iran (the Shah) moving the country towards being more "westernized" and "modern".  You then had a group that became radicalized and followed their particular leader who was the Ayatollah (Khomeini at that point).  They saw a country that needed to be in-line with their religious/political beliefs.  They were brutal and fought for what is now known as sharia law.  Out of this "revolution" as they characterized it, other groups were formed which later would include such names as Al Quieda, Hammas and eventually ISIS as well as many others.

 

The thing is, you have to remember the time frame.  The internet was in it's infancy and the only real intelligence was human.  Cell phones were still a "new" piece of technology.  There really wasn't an electronic way to detect what was coming, nor was there any human intelligence that would have pointed to something like that (the 9/11 attack).

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