I'm not sure which thread you are talking about, but if you click on my profile, I have a bunch of links to what I consider helpful background reading for understanding the real situation in the world, post 9/11. Basically, I believe that Bush has always known that 9/11 was an Iraqi strike against the US, that the anthrax threats which started a few days after 9/11 were Saddam's warning to Bush not to point the finger and go after him, that the threat is credible and dreadful, and that everything that the administration has done since has been conditioned by this state of affairs.