Footnote 3: you’re ignoring the improved performance of McKinsey’s financial gains, and all the makework middle class incomes and sinecures. 🤨
Footnote 4; The invasion of Iraq appeared very differently from the Terror links perspective prior to invasion (yes Iraq did have AQ ties as did Iran who still does ) but no operational knowledge or involvement *probably* with 9/11, beyond Iraqi Intelligence agents at the airport in Malaysia 🇲🇾 helping some of the hijackers. This wasn’t known until we were occupying Iraq, nor that Saddam had largely dismantled his active WMD program and arsenal and was putting on a Front. We didn’t know, nor did Bush, Saddam and Tariq Aziz knew.
They met with and helped and had a relationship with AQ, they didn’t know of the attacks, nor were they likely pleased. The same lesson was just learned by Iran last year with the HAMAS slaughter and snuff videos on 10/7/23. The Petrodollar wasn’t a factor at the time, somewhat it was in 1991, a very different conflict.
My reference to conflict of interest is recognition of precisely that for footnote 3! I see what you're saying on 4, but with something so complex there is an extent to which you will find some of what you are looking for, and all of the PNAC signatories in the Bush admin were looking for a way to tie Iraq to 9/11 within hours.
Good point about the petrodollar importance in '91 vs '03. Perhaps the neocons also believed some or all of their own bs, but it's easier to believe bs when doing so ends up getting you rich.
As to your last point, you are so right. Just ask Gates or Gore or the Thunberg family on climate change. Or Bourla or Fauci on vaccines. Cui bono, baby.
Invasion 2003: I looked into all the publicly available evidence before Iraq invasion and before I re-enlisted off street in 2003. Remember I went in 91 so I was looking closely. We weren’t wrong on either score really, but the main thing was to topple a regime that didn’t understand things changed as regards “asymmetric warfare” after 9/11; hiring irregulars called terrorists doesn’t work if the target is stronger and doesn’t play the game. > same thing just happened again with HAMAS on 10/7/23 - Iran found out they can’t trust terrorists either.
As did Serbia and possibly Russia when Archduke Ferdinand was shot.
As did BTW the Virginia colonial militia and a young militia officer named George Washington when their Indian “allies” shot French officers at parley in the Ohio region, starting the “French and Indian War” or Seven Years War.
These idiots always have their own agenda.
We may about to be learning same. It was incompetence to bring the National Guard to DC in January 21, it was cowardice by DOD to hide on Base- although that was in character.
I predicted Trump would win the election in order to rebuild a broken military and once again fill the ranks with the traditional warrior class (White males).
The problem is WHO I predict these young men will fight and die for. And it’s not America.
Footnote 3: you’re ignoring the improved performance of McKinsey’s financial gains, and all the makework middle class incomes and sinecures. 🤨
Footnote 4; The invasion of Iraq appeared very differently from the Terror links perspective prior to invasion (yes Iraq did have AQ ties as did Iran who still does ) but no operational knowledge or involvement *probably* with 9/11, beyond Iraqi Intelligence agents at the airport in Malaysia 🇲🇾 helping some of the hijackers. This wasn’t known until we were occupying Iraq, nor that Saddam had largely dismantled his active WMD program and arsenal and was putting on a Front. We didn’t know, nor did Bush, Saddam and Tariq Aziz knew.
They met with and helped and had a relationship with AQ, they didn’t know of the attacks, nor were they likely pleased. The same lesson was just learned by Iran last year with the HAMAS slaughter and snuff videos on 10/7/23. The Petrodollar wasn’t a factor at the time, somewhat it was in 1991, a very different conflict.
My reference to conflict of interest is recognition of precisely that for footnote 3! I see what you're saying on 4, but with something so complex there is an extent to which you will find some of what you are looking for, and all of the PNAC signatories in the Bush admin were looking for a way to tie Iraq to 9/11 within hours.
Good point about the petrodollar importance in '91 vs '03. Perhaps the neocons also believed some or all of their own bs, but it's easier to believe bs when doing so ends up getting you rich.
As to your last point, you are so right. Just ask Gates or Gore or the Thunberg family on climate change. Or Bourla or Fauci on vaccines. Cui bono, baby.
Invasion 2003: I looked into all the publicly available evidence before Iraq invasion and before I re-enlisted off street in 2003. Remember I went in 91 so I was looking closely. We weren’t wrong on either score really, but the main thing was to topple a regime that didn’t understand things changed as regards “asymmetric warfare” after 9/11; hiring irregulars called terrorists doesn’t work if the target is stronger and doesn’t play the game. > same thing just happened again with HAMAS on 10/7/23 - Iran found out they can’t trust terrorists either.
As did Serbia and possibly Russia when Archduke Ferdinand was shot.
As did BTW the Virginia colonial militia and a young militia officer named George Washington when their Indian “allies” shot French officers at parley in the Ohio region, starting the “French and Indian War” or Seven Years War.
These idiots always have their own agenda.
We may about to be learning same. It was incompetence to bring the National Guard to DC in January 21, it was cowardice by DOD to hide on Base- although that was in character.
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I predicted Trump would win the election in order to rebuild a broken military and once again fill the ranks with the traditional warrior class (White males).
The problem is WHO I predict these young men will fight and die for. And it’s not America.