“I believe we went into Iraq to defeat Saddam who had violated about every term of the desert Storm cease fire over ten years. But also to establish a strong presence for our military next to Iran, and to set up a fly trap for terrorists to come fight us.”
No offense, but completely immaterial to 9/11 and Bush’s backhand, IMO, to the American people (’religion of peace’, kissing Saudi ass’ [the $$ behind 99% of terrorism], nation building, winning-hearts-and-minds, NOT fighting war to WIN, TSA, NSA, etc.)
Course, the pony-trick was already in place w/ Gorlick on the commission and 28 pages of ‘secret’ report details.
We the People, especially over 3K of our fellow Citizens whom perished in towers, got the shaft all around. Now, we have the wolves in positions of authority (from Jarrett on down) w/out batting an eyelash...
I addressed the 911 part first, and then went on to talk about Iraq.
They were not meant to be material to one another.
But what I said about both was true.
The principle causation behind 911 was the US, principally under Clinton, not fighting the enemy who was fighting us.
That was Clinton’s policy. He was the guy who first treated terrorism like it was a criminal act instead of an act of war...and then he did that for years.
Anyhow...best not to forget the things that led up to it..