This report is in line with I’ve been saying for years - that the Pakistani leadership, not jihad financiers from the Gulf states, are responsible for 9/11. Bush avoided tackling Pakistan head-on because it would have meant a war with a country with (1) a population of almost 200m and (2) a sponsor (China) that was also a major power equipped with a nuclear triad. The last couple of times we fought countries bordering China (North Korea, North Vietnam) without China’s consent, we lost 100K dead. A war with Pakistan would have involved higher casualty numbers unless we used nukes liberally.
We could have legitimatley nuked either of those awful countries for their roles in 9-11. Instead we invade Iraq, a sideshow at best, spending U.S. blood and treasure - with the main result that Iran now has a client state neighbor.