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Yeah, what was it? By the end of the day Rumpsfeld and Cheney had convinced Bush to go after Sadam Hussein and people who knew the ME were confused about that.
I don't buy for a second that "they let it happen" though. The conspiracy is that they didn't waste a good crisis.
Yeah maybe it's some sort of confirmation bias from me, it's my take on the conspiracy. But given all the shady shit the US government has done, I wouldn't be surprised if they knew and let it happen. As you said they absolutely took advantage of the crisis.