re: 9/11 After 13 years

I'm not a flag waver and pretty much despise the corrupt animal that is the federal government, but this is retarded.

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I wish for truth and justice for the thousands murdered on that day and for the millions killed/displaced that followed.

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You really only have 2 choices (3 if you're TF and others - the J-O-O theory) - either OBL and Al Queda, from their sanctuaries in Afghanistan and Pakistan, carried out the 9/11 attacks, or the U.S. government did it as a false flag operation.

I'm having trouble coming up with a 3rd possibility. I mean, they tried to take the towers in 1993 - it's not like that particular target was even a surprise or unexpected.

The use of airplanes was relatively ingenius - however, Clancy had covered that in one of his novels (Debt of Honor), including an attack on the U.S. Capitol Building (eerily similar, IMHO), so it wasn't exactly a new idea.

I believe that AQ and OBL carried out the attacks. I believe that OBL was either not as sick as it was believed and/or acquired moderately effective treatment just before or after the attacks - now I believe he may have been spirited away to Pakistan as early as 2002, but certainly no later than 2004/2005.

Our over-reliance on technical intelligence means and relatively underdeveloped and ineffective HUMINT capabilities led to the prolonged hunt for OBL.

He wasn't much more than a figurehead from 2004 - out of necessity, AQ became even more decentralized than they were before. More of a "brand" than a true top-down organization - ISIS/ISIL is about the first true cohesive organization to form in the aftermath of 9/11.