Please cite your sources, because I've looked and I can't find any... something quasi-concrete that makes sense....\n\nAll I can find are stories saying that this one guy met this other guy in Iraq 15 years ago... hell Rummy met with Saddam in the 80's does that make him a terrrorist?\nI mean they all dislike America... but we would have to take over half the world if we attacked everyone that did that... as far as I can tell that's all they had in common....\n\nYou Republicans keep saying that there is a connection, yet you never cite it?
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9/11 was an inside job. (see link) Planned and implemented for this purpose: \nPetrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros and the Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse (see link)
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Copying my answer to another question earlier today...\n\n\nWe are supposed to be on the same team. Whydo people support the abuse of our government system of checks and balances by suggesting the President veto everything?  Why is America great? Probably because of that system of gov't we have which most people seem to want to become unilateral and have one party run everything. Republicans had control of the country, and nothing other than our offensive military action is better than when Dems had control of the presidency. If you are that anti-Democrat, maybe you should sit down and figure out if you are anti-American. Since they have very similar goals to the Repuclicans.  We are all supposed to be on the same team.\n\nBush said that he will work with them to get things done. I think the country needs to always have at least 1 of the three in both parties. The country is best in that formation. Both Republicans and Democrats have bad habits and bad policies. That's where having that system of checks and balances is so important. Every law that will be passes will be Conservative-Democratic or Liberal-Republican. Those are the two best places to have your political views at anyway.\n\nAnd this goes for all of you asking for an impeachment too. That's ridiculous. I don't agree with Bush's views on some things, but he had a GREAT initial response to Iraq and really has good intentions. I'm sick of all of this crap personally. Why do we hate our President in the same fashion that terrorsits do? This will tear our country apart (as it already has been).\n\nEveryone please just get on the same page or acknowledge that the other party has at least some good ideas too.
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Red herring. This was 30 years ago and it doesn't explain why Osama hates the US now, or why Bush didn't go all out to find and kill him after he plotted the murder of thousands of Americans.
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congress has oversite,yes, and who runs congress?? republicans. And who is bush (besides a traitor to his country and a theif and a liar), a republican. I'd rather a president get a b j in the oval office and lie about it than have a president that uses a great tragedy (911) to pull a bait and switch and convince all of the dullards and sheep in this country (redneck republicans) that Iraq and 911 had anything to do with each other. There was no terrorist links to Iraq before we got there. Now it is the terrorist training ground. And now bush is backing the sale of a company that works in the ports of major cities in the united states to the united arab emarites, who do have ties to terrorism and 911, dispite the obvious conflict of interest between the oath he took to protect us from terrorists and the oath he took to the corporations that got him into office.
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yeh, people inherantly bow down to job titles. i used to think clinton was the clearest case of how gullible humans really are. but now theres bush & rumsy, damn. humans are shockingly stupid. no wonder we still fall for religions. no matter what they say, we soak it up as if it were based in some sort of logic. a gracious estimate of those that see somewhat clearly is about 10% of the worlds' population. the rest are so far gone with some kinda b grade movie brainwashing or diminished capacity. its like im living in 'invasion of the body snatchers'. the story was that saddam was a threat to everyone & had no allies. so who'd he sell his weapons to?
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netjr:... you mean they were doing all the things Saudi Arabia is doing basically... oh yeah... that would clearly not be worth it... you don't have that many links just out of coincidence... \n\n*meanwhile... Bush and the Saudi King walks of into the sunset holding hands*\n\nwerk2much2000: why is it you Conservatives run on here when Rush says something like this, like the Clinton thing with VERY shaky links (The 9-11 report found no evidence of it).. but you "highly doubt" everything else?\n\nS. Leroy: what is the "end all be all" then? God forbid we focus on the mastermind of the man that killed 3,000... sounds like an EXCELLENT PLACE TO START.... instead let's take over Iraq who did nothing to us and has very vague links to terror and had nothing to do with 9-11?\n\nwatty: I can see your point, but many conservatives, I don't know if you did, said a lot of bad things about Clinton "not taking a deal" with folks that were just as shaky... just saying...
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Since day one.  "Most of our imports come from overseas" is not the kind of talk from our president that makes me proud.  "Nucular" has also stuck as an irritant.  He seems to pride himself on that stuff.  On the more serious side, invading a country that did not  attack us, voiding the Geneva Convention and advocating of torture, wiretapping without court orders, detaining people without charges, trial or representation, calling those that disagree traitors; these and many other such things coming from our government is much more than embarrassment.  It is contrary to everything I hold dear about being American.  And then there is all the death and destruction, for what?  I think we all would like to find that out, in open hearings.  If that happens, there are going to be a lot of very angry Americans.
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I guess knowing that all the Neo Nazis are part of your party. The Republicans have exposed themselves and their true agenda and views to America. Racism is alive and well in the Far right of your NEO_CON Nation. Bush letting the illegals get out of control in America is back-firing on him, so I look for your approval rate to go even lower. He's going to have to do something about Republican policy that doesn't work. So if there is an Apocalypse, friendly fire will most likely go towards the Republicans. To rid America of this plague.
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Did Alex B GED just claim that the GOP "solved a genocide" in Iraq in his post? I think the phrase is "created a genocide". Iraq officials now claim 150,000 Iraqis have been killed by insurgents. Gosh, the Iraqis must be SO thankful we are there!
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It never ceases to surprise me how these unsuspecting little republican twats keep chanting "its for our protection", "i have not lost any freedom". Yeah you have, you don't even have the freedom to walk to your airplane without having to take off your freaking shoes at least once. You don't have the freedom to speak freely, lest some secret agent infiltrates your group and spies on you. You think it goes away at one fell swoop? No. It goes away bit by bit. Slowly enough for you not to perceive. Try calling someone outside the country. They will spy on your phone call. They use what is called "network analysis" (network analysis my ass) to find who you are associated with. If you know someone that knows someone that knows someone that knows someone that knows.... with a muslim name, they are probably spying on your phone too!!\n\nThe whole "terrorist attack" is an elaborate ploy. What terrorists? Why aren't we looking for Osama? "I am not that concerned about him." -- Bush on Osama, the same person he wanted dead or alive.\n\nNot too long ago in a certain country fire destroyed one of its most important buildings. The government blamed it on some immigrant workers. In the aftermath the government also enacted a law that retracted civil liberties of the people. The same government persecuted homosexuals, people of other religions and races and political dissidents. In the years to follow this government invaded a couple countries on the pretext of "protecting western civilization" from the influence of those countries while actually the reason was to expand their region of control. The invasions started a major conflict in the area that quickly grew out of control.\nMuch later when peace was restored, it was found out that the original fire was actually started by the government itself in order to get the ball rolling towards its ultimate goal of world domination.\n\nThink you have heard that storyline before? Think its about the Bush administration? No. It's actually from history, the Reichstag fire and subsequent Nazi Germany.\n\nI wonder if netjr is actually an illegitimate child of Bush. He defends the guy so vigorously: there must be a blood relation.
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You make an excellent point. The Republicans I know are naively believing that Bush is a Christian and blessed by God. They pray for him and give thanks for him. No use telling them the reality. Oh, they are quite quick to denigrate Clinton, but they look at you strange when you say that Bush has done more to globalize this country than any other president. He has plunged this country into obscene debt. He has thrown out the Bill of Rights by making the Patriot Act supersede it. He attacked Iran for better access to the oil and lied to the American public that it was to take out weapons of mass destruction. This neo fascist who is guided by his fathers men, is fully committed to a communitarian world. Don't be surprised if this man declares martial law before his term is up. He and the men behind him don't want to give up the power. They want to stay in office for the good of the country as they see the good of the country. I think that is one of the reasons the movie V for Vendetta hit a chord with the American public. Bush is a  huge failure and has brought us to the brink of a crushing depression. Personally, I cannot stand to listen to his lying lips.
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the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with demorcay, which was a front, or making the world a safer place, it had to do with a personal vendetta against Hussien by Bush, who tried and tried to tie Iraq to 9/11 but couldnt , who insitsted there were wmds, but couldnt find any, and anyone who said they did, please cite the source, it was also for oil! Meanwhile Bin Laddens boys continue to operate, why vbecause instead of pouring the amount of troops needed to kcik their butts in Afghanastan, we decided to invade Iraq! That alone should raise eyebrows, but it gets worse if you investigate just how the twin towers colsaapsed, when steel does not melt at the tmp that  the building got to, nor should it of free fell! SO someone hide something, and used Hussien as a shield so that they could accomplish their goal, which was $$ oil all powerful presidency, curtailing civil rights!
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If Bush had been President during the past world wars, he would have been praised and glorified. Timing is everything. My questing is what do all these left wingers want? I think they'd rather be fighting here. Don't they realize that every time they say one bad word about Bush, they're giving ammunition to Al-Quaeda and all the other terrorists around the world. Even if I hated Bush, until this was all over, I would never say one bad word about him.My country comes first.
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Untrue theory.\n-Why would the government attack it's biggest military installation? Americans supported War on Terror right after Twin Towers were hit. The Pentagon being hit would not have influenced anyone's anger even more.\n-Why can't theorists put together how everything connects in those theories?\n-Why would the Israelis have to do with it? Their only big support is from us, and if Americans turned on them, they would be in trouble.\n-Why were surveilance videos relaesed, showing the hi-jackers at the airports on 9/11?\n-Why were ticket desk attendents be able to go on TV and describe what happened that day, without falting and trying to think of descriptions?\n-If Bin Laden was working for the government, why would we almost kill him twice in raids?\n-Why would the government want to start wars? It just costs them money.\n-Why would childhood friends of bin Laden be able to aduquately describe how he got influenced to become the violent person he is today if he does not actually exist?\n-If bin Laden is fake, why does he have a ton of family members with the same last name living today?\n-The websites of these theories flip flop. Some say there were people on the plane, and others say there was no one on the plane that day. If there was no one, why are there people who can prove they lost a family member that day, and why do these sites glip flop?\n-We hated terrorists before, as they blew up part of the USS Cole  years back, and that angered many people as it was.\n-We have hated radical Islam actually since 1979, when American hostages were hed in Iran, and many Americans would have supported a war then on terror.\n-Why would we need an excuse to invade Iraq, when we helped Iraq in their campaign against Iran in the 80's? Many people say that Bush Sr. Started the Gulf War over oil, but if he wanted oil, Saddam would have happily given it to him, because of our previous dealings with him, and our support of him.\n\n\nSee whatI'm saying? I once believed those theories, but they always flipped flopped, and none of them explained how every terrrorist event in part of this so called "conspiracy" connected. You are not a fool for believing these theories. You are just suspicious of the government, as many of us are.
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It doesn't matter to me at all.\n\nWhy - Because the world hates America, always have and always will.  This hatred didn't start with Iraq or Bush (either Bush), it has always existed.
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The US has this tradition of embracing with love it's former enemies.  And this goes way back in our history.\n\nDuring our first 100 years, our hated enemy was England.  But during WW I, we formed a bond that stands today.  In WWII, Japan was the hated enemy that attacked us without warning.  Now, we are tight allies.  I was stationed for over a year in Japan, and I know the common Japanese citizen appreciates the US militart doing a large share of their protection.\n\nThe same holds with Germany, Italy, even Russia and China.  This country has a tradition of taking a former enemy and trying to be their friend.\n\nFor a good example, look at Lybia.  Once considered a threat, relations have stabilized.  There are even free trade talks being conducted, in an effort to improve their economy.\n\nThe only thing that prevents this from happening more often is how the other nation acts towards the US.  In North Korea, they still teach children the US is the enemy and must be destroyed.  Iran and Cuba also act antagonistic towards us.  I bet if they stopped the beligerance and acted friendly, they would be shocked at how much aid and money the US Government would freely give them.\n\nOverall, the US really only wants 2 things.  Friendship, and free trade.  If you act antagonistic towards us, we will be antagonistic back.  And if you restrict our trade, we will restrict yours to us.  Historically, that has been proven many times.\n\nAnd remember, Saddam was combined with Lybia 20 years ago.  Now Saddam is in jail, and Kadaffi is still in power, with improving relations with the US.  And Kaddafi even tried to get Saddam to pull out of Kuwait in '90.  WHich was the smart dictator, and which was the stupid dictator?
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Ever read any of Tom Clancy's books - his insight into government and how it works is so good the govt. has tried to hire him.  9/11 happened for many reasons - we back Israel, we are the sole super power, many people are raised knowing us only as the Great Satan.  When they asked terrorist prisoners why, none of them knew.   We were always a target.  The timing, however, in my own individual opinion (and what i've learned from clancy's books as well) - is that we had half the government blatantly saying they were not going to back Bush/ saying on national tv half the country hated him.   Well in the terrorist countries, this means civil war or a coup is coming and we looked weak, divided.  We were but only in opinions.  I think they struck then because they thought they would cause a civil war (the kind that happens daily in some of their countries).   We were sending them a message we were weak and divided.    Ultimately though there's only one reason a terrorist terrorizes - is because he/she wants to.   Truly that's the only motive any criminal really needs.