I've got a (fairly obvious) question

[Squatch]

6 years since 9/11

TRILLIONS of dollars spent on the DoD, DHS, NSA, CIA, and a whole bunch of other agencies SPECIFICALLY to combat terrorism.

TWO direct expeditionary wars engaged WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE of defeating terrorism.

3600 of this country's bravest SACRIFICED in the pursuit of eradicating terrorism.

FOR WHAT???? <--link to article

[youngdem]

1. Profit, destruction of the Constitution, furthering Israel's interests, and oil

Oh, and did I mention profit?

[babylonsister]

2. One word - oil. nt

[Klukie]

3. OIL

[mmonk]

4. Power and graft.

[cgrindley]

5. the obvious answer

the nation's CAPS-LOCK and BOLDFACE manufacturers are colluding with the Republican government and military/industrial complex in order to get you to write vaguely incoherent forum posts.

[Squatch]

7. Don't forget

the underline industry.

[Tesha]

6. Well, it's been pretty successful at keeping America cowed.

For the rich, powerful, and privileged, it was our money
well spent.

Tesha

[nevergiveup]

8. love of country

:sarcasm:

[fasttense]

9. So bush* could pretend he is a war president. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

10. Wanna Know Where That Money Went???

I sure would like to find out someday. Which corporations made what in their contracts and how they got those contracts. Congressman Waxman also wants to know and has been digging. I suspect that if there's not something brought forward in this Congress...as the investigations are that nebulous...we will see something should Democrats maintain control after the '08 elections and have the real power to investigate the past 6 plus years.

Now if your stock portfolio has companies like General Electric, Exxon/Mobil, Haliburton, General Dynamics or other major contractor, you've seen a nice return over the past several years. While the American domestic economy went to hell, the market still made money. How come??? War is big business.

[Tesla]

13. It is OBVIOUS what this war was for.....

You can't run a Kingdom without it being the King and all his peasants.

and ...OIL!!!

[annabanana]

11. Clearly not to "keep us safe".

Especially given the reports about how Al Qaida's doing these days.

[Hideboh]

12. But to be fair,

no single act of terrorism has occurred on American soil since 9/11

[whosinpower]

14. Not quite true

The anthrax attacks came directly after 911.....and dissappeared from the American consiousness.

[camero]

15. Money that's what

In case you haven't noticed the corps are making out like bandits under these conditions.