True Gaz – but saying that the White House tried to blame Bin Laden when the evidence of his direct involvement was weak is not news to anyone.
We will never be able to say that Bin Laden masterminded 9/11, only that he was the recognised head of a collective of cells, one of which did mastermind 9/11. Let’s face it, even though I disagree with his execution, and think the U.S. acted rashly, the guy hasn’t just been knitting and having the odd fag for the last 20 years.
The White House absolutely exaggerated the evidence to justify attacking Afghanistan and later Iraq, and the wave of public anger they rode on made the situation worse not better. In terms of the international politics I agree that the U.S. was trigger happy and only too happy to point the gun and fire it.
That is not however not to say that 9/11 itself was a fake.
If the U.S. had any prior intelligence about 9/11 they seem to have handled it badly, and that mismanagement may have led to greater loss of life. Someone in power may well have tried to hush up such intelligence. It is however a big step from that to faking planes and blowing up the towers to justify a war. The U.S. has justified many wars for less.
No conspiracy theory is necessary, the actions of the U.S. following 9/11 have been deeply questionable, and motivated by lots of unsavoury things. We don’t need a 9/11 conspiracy to make it all worse.
It’s ugly enough without the conspiracy.