• HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world
    8·
    28 days ago

    9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy

    Twenty years after the al-Qaida attack on September 11, 2001, the United States is still involved in a war in Iraq that it started. President George W. Bush was obsessed with the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and deliberately misled the American people about who was responsible for the 9/11 attack.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      4·
      28 days ago

      Afterward, Bandar told me privately that the Saudis were very worried about where Bush’s obsession with Iraq was going. The Saudis were alarmed that attacking Iraq would only benefit Iran and set in motion severe destabilizing repercussions across the region.

      New headcanon, Bush knew the Saudis were behind 9/11 and invaded Iraq specifically to fuck them over. /s

      Interesting read though. The 80% number believing Iraq was involved is not surprising to me, I just didn’t realize the bush admin actually pushed that narrative.

      • jollyrogue@lemmy.ml
        4·
        28 days ago

        Bush 100% knew the Saudis were behind it, so not sarcasm.

        The US wanted a base in the Middle East that wasn’t SA, and Iraq was an easy target. They didn’t care about destabilization. That was a perk. It was all about force projection from a central base.