Why don't Republicans blame the US government for 911?

Question

O.k, I know there are a lot of conspiracy theories out there. But there are two undeniable facts that people just seem to ignore!

1. The CIA trained Osama Bin Laden and his followers to kill Communists and he then used this training to carry out the 911 attacks.

2. The Bin Laden family has ties with the Bush family through the oil business.

I mean WTF?

I agree the terrorists are also in the wrong but can't you see that they wouldn't have been able to carry out the attacks without the help of the US government? I'm not a liberal by the way, nor am I a conservative. Both sides have got it wrong.

I should have known better than to question the American government. It only ever lands you in trouble. Didn't realise this question was asked before, sorry about that. Listen, I hate muslim extremists far more than I do the US government but I mean, the US is the most powerful nation in the world and it's in my nature to question the motives of those in authority. I'm just scared that some day an extremist could attack my country because of our ties to America. My intent was not to antagonise. Goodnight America. Turn MTV back on.

Answer 1

Well actually your wrong.

There has been no evidence to surface that the CIA ever had any dealings with osama bin laden at all.

The Cia trained the mujahadeen in afghanistan,

Osama was never part of the mujahadeen.

He was part of the Afghan Arabs who had their own financing, training and weapons procurement.

All the talk about the US training osama comes from a single article in the The Guardian newspaper from the british liberal ex Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.

2. Who cares if the Bin Laden family had dealings with Bush ?

What does that have to do with osama ?

Osama never had any dealings with oil, he was in construction.

Answer 2

They're not undeniable. I can deny them. Look, I just did.

1. The CIA trained Osama and Friends to fly planes into highly populated buildings in the USA to kill Communists? Wow. That's scary. Osama and Company came up with that plan all on their own. And I don't believe that the CIA ever trained Osama to kill Communists. Where are you getting the information from this? I'd like to see it. What I know is that during Clinton's reign as el Presidente, there was a chance to kill Osama and Co. and Clinton said no. Because he didn't know how it would go over with the general public. He had a chance to take out the guy behind the '93 WTC bombing but didn't because he didn't want his ratings to go down. So why don't we blame him?

2. I haven't seen anything about this, so I can't really comment. But I don't believe it. Sorry...(no, not really.)

Answer 3

You are twisting facts.

The CIA helped forces in Afghanistan tackle Russia. The way you put it, it sounds like the CIA and Taliban got together to throw a war party. No one knows if the CIA made any contact with bin Laden, and at any rate they were not a threat to us then.

The bin Laden family, yes, but not Osama. Osama is an outcast in his family.

In your analysis, you forgot the most important reason to blame the government: 9/11 happened, it was not prevented. Perhaps if they had the means to screen calls then, it could have been, but they didn't.

Answer 4

I think the CIA training did not involve hijacking airplanes and flying them into soviet forces. I think it involved guerilla warfare.

And Clinton tried to take out bin laden in the 90s with cruise missiles, before Bush came along. And I think if it was planned, they gov't would have gotten the bin ladens out of the US before the attacks, not after.

I'm a democrat, but I'm not buying it.

Answer 5

Your first point is 100% hindsight and is also correct. We did train Bin Laden and did it so that he could participate in fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Then we abandoned him and his fighters at a crucial point. Thus, we have brought his hatred (disguised as religious fervor) on our own heads.

The second point is also correct. There is a close relationship (business) between Bush family interests and the Bin Laden family. Since Osama became the "bad seed", te family has denounced him and supposedly severed all support. This one fact is what shield the Bush family from much deeper scrutiny.

Answer 6

OK, for the sake of argument, let's say that your two points are true. This does not mean that they gave them carte blanche to kill innocent civilians, or even attack the US. They made that decision on their own, and they are evil people for doing so. How many others have business ties to the Bush's and/or have received training from the US that didn't decide to attack us? Your reasoning is flawed.

Answer 7

there is definitely a 9-11 cover up.
Why did building 7 implode about 8 hours after the planes hit?
Why did George HW Bush meet with Osama bin Laden's brother the morning of 9-11?
There is a long list of really wacky coincidences that convince me the government at least knew about it if they didn't have a hand in it.

Years earlier the PNAC decided we needed another Pearl Harbor to unite the country in a cause for war.

Answer 8

A long time ago the CIA trained people in Afghanistan to fight against the communist. They did not train them how to destroy large buildings with airplanes.

And so? The Bin Laden family disowned him.

Answer 9

I didn't realize the CIA trained the Mujahadin to fly jets into Russian skyscrapers. Thanks for the update.

But if you want, I'll blame the government for 9/11. Especially the government that let the hijackers wander about getting pilot training and planning the exercise for 4 years prior to Bush getting elected.

Answer 10

People in power in the government (regardless of party affiliation) almost never admit mistakes or incompetence. Rather their energies go to covering up and seeking to destroy the individual(s) who leaked information or publicly blew the whistle. I have personally experienced this many times.