The Real 9/11 Conspiracy

Source: noliesradio.org --- Thursday, May 19, 2016
Truthdig – By Sonali Kolhatkar – May 19, 2016 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, poses with his Arab counterparts for a group photo after a meeting with them in Jiddah, saudiarabia, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Kerry’s visit, on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, was aimed at pinning down Middle Eastern allies on what support they are willing to give to U.S. plans to beat back the Islamic State group, which has seized large chunks of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) I remember watching the towers fall. My sister called early in the morning to tell me to turn on the television. My husband and I, who had been working closely with Afghan women organizing against the Taliban, stared at the screen, aghast as the buildings crumbled. Like everyone else the world over, we realized it was a moment that was going to change history. We also realized that ordinary people, including our friends in Afghanistan, were going to pay the price for something they likely had nothing to do with. And sure enough, on Oct. 7, 2001, despite the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudi nationals, the U.S. went to war with Afghanistan. That war, the longest in U.S. history, remains a bloody weight on our collective conscience. But as soon as the towers fell and Congress rushed to hand over blanket authority to President Bush to wantonly bomb, whispers of “an inside job” began circulating on the Internet. Those whispers snowbal ...