Bin Laden's Denial of 9/11

[DeistPaladin]

I didn't say anything about a conspiracy, nor was it my intention to imply any such thing.

Sorry, I wasn't speaking of your post. Whether or not Bin Laden had anything to do with operational planning or whether he was just a poster boy for the operation is something I don't know. I was speaking of those who would suggest that 9/11 was "staged" or an "inside job".

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And I think that's exactly what the US did. Bush pinned it on Osama so that he could obtain a greater access to the oil and gas reserves by going to Afghanistan

That Bush used the 9/11 attacks to push both domestic and international agendas, I'm sure of. I'm sure many in Bush's circle were cynical enough to see opportunity in the attacks. I also agree they lied us into a war in Iraq for the resources Iraq had.

Where I disagree is that Bush wanted a war with Afghanistan. After 9/11 happened, Bush's orders to Gen. Clark was to find evidence that Saddam did it. He only went to war in Afghanistan because he had to. We went in with the minimum force needed, toppled the government and called it a day. Both inside testimony and events suggest that Bush had no interest in Bin Laden except as something to scare the American people with. Any profiteering in Afghanistan was once again, cynical opportunism. "While we're here..."