all i know or care about 9/11 is the "terrorists" pretty much played us for fools, caused us to get to the edge of bankrupty and pretty much knocked the most powerful nation in history flat on its ass.
you can debate soliders lost and a bunch of stuff all you want, but a few smart guys in caves have had a large impact on destroying our economy and causing millions of Americans pain every day.
Like the sheep we are we let our govt lead us to an endless war we cant win. God we are dumb.
You're very ignorant if you believe that.
I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm just saying that you are woefully, embarrassingly misinformed.
The American economy was headed for the skids before 9/11 occurred, and control of the Middle East (and more specifically - control of the flow of oil, which has been the pillar of the American economy for half a century) was on the Bush administration's agenda. (Nothing to do with George W personally, who is nothing but a teleprompter-reading puppet idiot.)
Setting up Afghanistan for an oil/gas pipeline was part of the plan, (an act that would nullify Iran's strategic place in the region), and controlling Iraq's oilfields was also. Since we already has Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in our back pocket, these actions would put the American economy on more solid footing in the future.
I don't know how to get this message across to people... for the love of God y'all, IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH "FREEDOM" OR "RELIGION" OR "EXTREMISTS" OR "GREED" OR "IDEOLOGY" OR ANYTHING ELSE, all of that is just window dressing for the core motivation of why we do anything - O I L.
Our entire civilization is
dependent on crude oil. Period. The "almighty dollar" became the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR based on OIL. And until recently, that position wasn't threatened economically. Only now with the explosion of oil demand in China, India, etc, and with the EU coming online as an economic powerhouse, America simply had to shift gears and rearrange the playing field to keep it on top. Or, at the very least, keep it in the game.
I know I go on a lot about the whole 9/11 thing, and the Bush administration and so forth, but I think people get the wrong idea of why I go on about it. Believe it or not, I don't condemn the Bush administration exactly, even though I think it's 100 percent guilty in facilitating 9/11. America
had to control the oil in order for us to maintain our way of life, our standard of living, and our position in the world.
The results of 9/11 gave us the window dressing needed to do it.