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Certainly they were bundled together as a unit by the neoconservatives who exploited them to drive the United States into attacking and occupying Iraq.
Bundled they were. Agreed on that point.
The question that government investigations do not want to touch is "who was the primary beneficiary" of these attacks. Perhaps the primary beneficiary did not do it, but should not all that benefited be investigated thoroughly?
I have watched government investigations since JFK/MLK/RFK and it is always the same. Pin it on a "lone nut" and go home. Only in the 9-11 towers do we see deviation from the lone nut theory of history; and we move to lone nut with small following of crazed followers ready to do anything for Mr. Nut. (or, lone Nut with Cult)
The main selling point is that everyone says a government conspiracy could not happen because they can not imagine it. I though that good detective work required following all leads and theories no matter how unbelievable to the detective the idea might be. I also thought that "trying the case in the press" was bad form if one wanted to find the truth of the matter; and that it was "unAmerican" anyway. Ah, the myths of youth.
PS: Oklahoma City was just a lone nut with a buddy; a twist on the theme to keep the rating up
