9-11: The big question remains unasked

[RBHam]

By Jack A Smith
Asia Times

The 9-11 Commission hearings in Washington these last weeks, for all the sound, fury, and front-page headlines, seem to have been constructed to produce a foreordained and narrow conclusion about only one aspect of the events of September 11 - the government's lack of preparedness to detect the attack plan before it was executed.

Entirely omitted from the probe, and from the presidential elections as well, is the other big question about September 11 - what was the real reason the attacks took place?

The omission is hardly unintentional. The commission members, evenly balanced between highly powerful Democrats and Republicans, may take partisan shots at each other during the hearings, but they are entirely agreed on leaving this crucial question unasked and unanswered.

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[DustMolecule]

1. A Very Good Question Indeed!

n/t

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. Good article

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Everyone is still trying to ignore the elephant in the room

When did he know?

And what did he do about it?

[Toby109]

4. Yea, I have to agree

One of our biggest problems is we never admit a mistake and Bush is the personification of that. They don't just "hate us for our freedoms" and anybody who really believes that is ignorant.