9/11: The Bush Administration

One of the biggest controversies surrounding the events of September 11th focuses on whether the Bush administration actually allowed the attacks to occur so that the U.S. could increase its presence in the Middle East to gain control of its resources. This controversy also sparks debate on the validity of the 9/11 Commission Report. The United States has been the main catalyst in destabilizing the middle eastern countries, yet this idea that the U.S. government had a large part in creating the chaos in the Middle East and supporting terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda, is still widely dismissed and rejected, despite obvious and overwhelming evidence. It took advantage of internal tensions, and blew them to great wars that left destruction in

government was warned numerous times about the future terrorist attacks. There were multiple attacks within the US before September 11, however none were as destructive as the attack on the twin towers. Not only this, but the CIA warned the Bush administration of very serious attacks, yet they were continuously ignored despite the urgency. The CIA even created a plan called the “Blue Sky paper” to try ending the Al Qaeda terrorist threats, but the administration refused the deployment of their plan in fear of a paper trail that they had received prior warnings. This begs the question of whether the Bush administration simply didn’t believe that terrorists could attack the U.S. on a large scale or if someone in the administration would benefit from the attacks. The 9/11 commission report also failed to investigate why the “U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission notified the FBI of suspected 9/11 insider trading transactions”. Not only this, but Bush and his administration repeatedly called the 9/11 attacks “opportunities” and this was not mentioned in the Commission report. This evidence implies that there was before-hand knowledge of the attacks which aligns with the idea that the government knew about the attacks and chose to let them

There is significant evidence supporting the idea that the U.S. contributed to the rise of Al Qaeda, which is the group believed to be responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Al Qaeda is a literal abbreviation of “the database” in Arabic and was a “product of Western intelligence agencies”. The CIA helped Osama Bin Laden rise to power and helped his organization throughout the 1980s. Not only that, but the CIA also trained “thousands of Islamist extremists” who were funded by Saudi Arabia. The official 9/11 commission report actually denies this claim that Al Qaeda was funded by Saudi Arabia. This lie is one of many that can be found in the official report which strengthens the idea that the government was involved in the 9/11 attacks. The sheer amount of lies and omissions detected in the official report leads to the assertion that the government did not put in enough time or resources into making the report as accurate as they tried to portray to the public. The reasons for these discrepancies is unknown but it certainly supports the narrative that the government may have motives for trying to deceive its own