Reply #15: One thing that doesn't make sense to me [View All]

[leftistagitator]

What * wanted was a reason to attack Iraq. Even after 9/11, he wanted to invade Iraq, not Afghanistan. If * was really behind the attacks then why wouldn't he have left more evidence connecting it to Iraq. Getting rid of the Taliban was a necessary thing for America since they harbored terrorists that were even then responsible for attacks on America and were planning more attacks on us. Look at the countries that you mentioned as wanting to get rid of the Taliban. Russia, Germany, Iran, these are not PNAC friendly countries. Clarke also wanted to take out the Taliban, and I know he's not part of PNAC. All of these people opposed PNAC but saw the Taliban as a threat, so I think this is one of the (few) instances where the oil companies plans and the good of the world came together. Not to mention I'm still a little miffed about what those fundamentalists did to the massive ancient Buddhist sculptures which "promoted idolatry", (yes, I know destroying irreplaceable artifacts aren't worth starting a war, but it sure made me sympathize with them less).