I don't think you're stupid at all; in fact, I beleive more citizens should question their government, especially since the 'fourth estate' no longer acts as America's watchdog.
Consider this scenario:
Saddam Hussein humiliates George H.W. Bush during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, even threatening to kill Bush at one time.
Shortly after leaving office, George H.W. Bush joins a new company called the Carlyle Group, headquartered in Washington, DC, within walking distance of the White House. Among Carlyle Group investors are several Bush friends from Saudi Arabia, including a family by the name of binLaden who originally puts up $2.5 million.
George W. Bush, an obvious village idiot, is 'selected' to be President. He has 'marching orders' to avenge his father's enemy, Saddam Hussein.....to "get even", Texas-style.
Dick Cheney resigns from an obscure little company known as Halliburton, where he served as CEO for a very short period of time. He is awarded with an astonishing multi-million-dollar 'golden parachute' before he becomes Vice-President of the United States.
The Bush family friends in the oil industry have bailed out George W. Bush time and time again, from one failed business venture after another. It's time for them to be paid back - big time, Texas-style.
Another Bush family friend owns the World Trade Center (WTC) complex of buildings. Larry Silverstein is drowning in red ink as vacancies increase at an alrming rate and tenants are not happy. Silverstein hires George W. Bush's younger brother, Marvin, as Director of Security for the WTC and also rewrites his insurance policies to specifically include coverage in the event of "acts of terrorism".
Osama binLaden is his family's "bad boy" and needs to be "taken down a notch or two", because his radical, violent adventures are giving his family a bad name. Still, no rich family wants to really abandon their son - they just want to punish him a bit, but allow him to continue to live the kind of lifestyle his family enjoys.
Government agencies get wind of a potential attack on U.S. soil. Just prior to 09-11-01, demolition crews are seen in the WTC buildings, and seem to be particularly interested in many of the building's vacant floors.
On 09-11-01, the World Trade Center buildings collapse, actually 'pancaking' one floor on top of another, just as so many other buildings collapse when they are planted with demolition explosives. Thousands of Americans die; the public - and Congress - is outraged, and as emotions run high, Bush gets a virtual 'blank check' to do anything he wants to catch these 'terrorists'.
Bush pushes through a Nazi-inspired Department of Homeland Security with an outlandish budget. Then the American people are told that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction", which Bush somehow rationalizes to be equated with the 'terrorists'. Bush unconstitutionally, illegally and immorally invades another sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States of America. Colin Powell is dispatched to the United Nations; we find out later he was used as a scapegoat, presenting false information. But, by now, the 'war' in Iraq is underway.
Larry Silverstein collects sixteen times his investment from the insurance carriers. A 'commission' submits a rushed - almost impromptu - report to the people about the 9-11 tragedies. Just as quickly, the debris from the WTC is used to build a new U.S. battleship to honor those who died, instead of stockpiling that 'evidence' for future examination and further investigation.
On 9-11-01, Carlyle Group investors are meeting in D.C. when the 'terrorists' attack. While all other aircraft is grounded, these ivnestors are quietly flown out of the country on U.S. jets. Could Osama binLaden have been flown back into the states on those same planes? Could he be living in his family's huge gated, guarded compound outside of Orlando, Florida??
As soon as the 'war' in Iraq begins, the Carlyle Group and Halliburton become two of the federal government's largest contractors, often being awarded contracts without even having to submit a competitive bid. Today, Halliburton is building fourteen new, permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Today, the U.S. has almost completed construction of the largest embassy in the world on a 104-acre site in downtown Baghdad overlooking the 'new' Iraqi government's modest headquarters. does that sound like we'll be leaving Iraq anytime soon? It appears that we'll maintain a 'presence' in Iraq for decades - perhaps generations - until we've sucked every drop of oil from Iraq's sands.
Bush's #1 non-military 'benchmark' demands that the Iraqi Parliament surrender two thrids of its oil fields to foregin oil companies, thus allowing corporations like Exxon-Mobil to virtually STEAL most of Iraq's most valuable economic resource.
Does all of this seem to be too 'coincidental'???
Have the American people been duped? Did the Bush administration lie to Congress? Have our U.S. soldiers been conned into believing they were risking their lives for 'democracy' when, in fact, they've been risking their lives so that a handful of wealthy elitists, industrialists, oil barons and power brokers can become wealthier and more powerful?? -RKO- 05/30/08