Why were we attacked on september 11 ??
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It was an inside job; just to "give" you the right to declare war on "terrorism"....
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To answer your question, yes. If other countries were attacked by lets say "U.S. terrorist", why shouldn't they be able to do what the U.S. is doing in the name of "War Against Terrorism." Would it be a wise choice, no, but I don't see a difference, they want to protect their territory, just like we want to protect ours.  They have their beliefs and live their lives accordingly, just like the U.S. have their beliefs and we live our lives accordingly.  We (U.S) will not let anyone dictate how we should live, so how dare the U.S. dictate how another country should live!\n\nAND I still want to know WHERE THE HELL IS BIN LADEN!  That's who we were going after, that's who I was told was responsible for Sept 11th; here we are almost five years later and NO Bin Laden, and he's still making tapes! What a damn joke!...The so call plan was to go after Bin Laden and his crew, at least that's what I heard from Mr. President, but now we (U.S.) seem to have shifted priorities.
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They are.  They are trying to instill fear to impose their beliefs on the world.  They are trying to "terrorize" the rest of the world to bend it to their will.  While we have committed some mistakes, like those stupid weekend warriors in Abu Grave....  we are not trying to "terrorize" anyone, in fact we are working to bring hope, prosperity and freedom, while looking after our own national interests.  Are we perfect?  No, but our intentions and actions as a whole are sound.  People need to keep things in perspective.  19 men on 9/11 took action to cause terror in our country, they actively tried to kill as many innocent civilians as they could, and as sad as it is, they did a damn good job.  We actively try to keep innocents out of harms way.  Before we went into Falujah, we showered the city with leaflets telling them when we would be coming in, and to stay indoors and out of the fire.  This act put American lives in danger, while protecting the civilians in the city.  People who claim that the military and the Bush administration do not care about lives lost need to consider this and many other actions, and to keep things in perspective.
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I have screamed since 9/11 that we needed to look at those who gained from the attacks, just prior to the attack, the middle east was in chaos, Israel was in trouble with the UN and US public opinion was calling for sanctions in their attacking unarmed Palastinains, Bush was pushing for increased sanctions against Iraq, meanwhile bomb sniffing dogs were removed from the trade centers and security was cut back drastically. Much of the buildings colaspe does not make scientific sense if it was caused by the fire and inpact from the jets, steel does not melt at the temp that the fire heated to, buildings do not free fall when colasping only imploding caasues this. No engine or balck box was found in the pentegon! Too many unanswered questions and no real governement attempt to answer them
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To Shug and Ben, you obviously DON'T remember 9/11. Osama bin Laden, a Saudi, attacked the United States on that day. However, instead of going after the person who attacked us, Georgie went after Iraq. Where is Osama? In Tora Bora, protected by the Conserviweenies who're scared of protecting us just because Pakistan is harboring a terrorist. As for Iraq, this is for oil. Where were you?
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What does 9/11 have to do with it? No Iraqis were involved in the World Trade Center attacks. \n\nThere really are not any good reasons. Sadam was a terrible person, but no more terrible than other dictators who have been supported by the US.  The Iraqis have a lot of oil, and it is true that when we got to IRaq we protected the oil fields before we protected the hospitals, power plants and waterworks. But they were already selling us the oil, so why attack to get it? It probably helped President Bush's image, but even George Bush is not a bad enough guy to sacrifice thousands of young American soldiers just to win an election. \nSo, there's really no reason at all. \nSad, isn't it?
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Yes, like many other false-flag operations, 9-11 was an inside job planned and executed by elements of the "Anglo-American" (Zionist) shadow government.  Essentially, the purpose of the attack was to prop up the unstable currencies of private central banks, such as the Federal Reserve and Bank of England and European Central Bank, which issue money backed by their ability to bribe and blackmail governments to maintain a big and scary military-industrial complex that steals oil and natural gas for private profit.
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No I am not surprised that there is no terrorist attacks. Unfortunately I don't believe there ever was any. Better take a close look at who would have benefited from such an attach (not only benefit but have the means to carry out) and you will find that its not anyone who is muslim. Check out the documentary 9/11 Loose Change. They have hard facts.
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As a member of the military I have some reluctance in answering this question the way I feel it needs.\n\nWill the USA sugger another large-scale attack?  I don't doubt that another attack of the magnitude of 9/11 is possible.  In fact I am quite sure there are a number of terrorist organizations planning attacks like 9/11 even as I write this posting.\n\nAre 9/11's preventable?\n\nI think that if news reports are to be believed we have already prevented attacks such as this.  (I don't necessarily believe news reports).  That said in a free society such as we enjoy we simply can not (And probably should not) do what is necessary to prevent all such attacks.  If we give up our freedom to prevent all such attacks we are handing a victory to the terrorists.
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the same reason why we are in on the war on terror......\n\n\nbecause we can
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I agree 100%.\n\nI was living just outside Philadelphia when 9/11 happened.  I had several friends and family members in NYC - one of which we lost (a 30 year old brother in law who was giving a speech on the top floor of the building at a conference).  It was only a stroke of luck that kept my own husband out of NYC that day.\n\nAt that point we got a glimpse of the kind of horror that the civilians in the middle east have been suffering - explosions in restaurants, schools, hospitals, temples - it is mind numbing.  I caught my heart in my throat for weeks after 9/11 everytime I heard an airplane or helicopter over head (we lived near and Air Force base).  I have little children of my own - and my heart goes out to the families that must live through the violence.\n\nWhat is so upsetting to me about the war in Iraq is that it feels unnecessary to me.  We stormed into Afghanistan, hot on the heels of those who had done us wrong and liberated a community that had been terrorized by the Taliban for years.  We had reacted to tragedy decisively and with class - in myopinion - helping others along the way.  It felt great to be American.\n\nThen this stuff with Iraq -  I mean, lots of people say that Saddam Hussein is a terrible man, and that maybe.  But we don't really have a right to bomb the crap out of another country (out of another group of people) just because their leader doesn't do things as we do, do we?  The war on Terror had become a horror.  I watched, dumbfounded, as we bombed the living daylight out of that civilization.\n\nIf we feel that we have a right to bomb other because we disagree with their leaders, then we are being repaid in kind when they bomb us because they don't agree with ours.
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The "twin towers" as well as the Pentagon were not attacked by terrorists. They were attacked by our own government!! The "plan" was to get everyone "fired up" to attack the Islam nations, so we could get control of the world's oil supply. If you don't believe me check out the link! This is a VERY informative website!\n\nhttp://www.hugequestions.com/
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Unfortunately the American population are stupid. This entire 9/11 tragedy even turned my father (one of those conspiracy - down with the government people) into someone who drives around with a giant flag bumper sticker on his van and preaches military action! Instead of asking what we did to deserve such an attack. If we're seeing these things our government is doing now, what aren't we being shown?
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Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.\n\nIt was just another lie in the failed attempt to get Americans to support an invasion of Iraq.\n\nAl-Queda, and Al-Queda alone, attacked the US on 9/11.
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Hey hillarybilly- You ignorant imbecile.  Be a gem and show your ignorance by stating exactly what republicans did that caused 9/11.  When you try to answer you may want to pull your head out of your *ss so you can see the keyboard .
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Well it was supposedly to help security. We dont want another 9/11 happening, eventhough it had nothing to do with 9/11. 2000 people died in 9/11 but 22000 iraqis and americans have died in iraq, with countless wounded.\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=cheney+rotten
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The root cause? 9-11. It angered the most powerful nation in the world.