Guess what else happened before Iraq? A massive domestic anti-terror campaign announced against Muslims. Yes, it was intended for white US citizens, eventually... but the whole slogan was to fight terror overseas so terror doesn't happen here.
That's the critical ingredient that was needed to tie the war effort to 9/11. That's your giant blind spot. Update your pattern recognition software, it's broken.
Guess what else happened before Iraq? A massive domestic anti-terror campaign announced against Muslims. Yes, it was intended for white US citizens, eventually... but the whole slogan was to fight terror overseas so terror doesn't happen here.
That's the critical ingredient that was needed to tie the war effort to 9/11. That's your giant blind spot. Update your pattern recognition software, it's broken.