this is old news - I thought everyone knew about this!

also are you sure about it's 2.3trillion.

Noam Chomsky gave a speech well before (and repeated the same thing again after 9/11) saying that there's too many people on the liberal side running around with different causes. He said if you want to get angry about something - then ask what happened to the 3trillion dollars thats gone missing. Thats got to be a major nailing point for the Bush (and Clinton) administrations.

I think he's got a very good point!

The most likely truth of the matter is that 9/11 was orchestrated by the military industrial complex of the united states. The evidence for this is too numerous to mention, including the suspicious state of air defense at the time of 9/11, the 'drills' that were running the entire month up until 9/11, the military refusing its own members to aid the 9/11 uncovering campaign, and many many many many other things (go see a documentary, or read some information on this stuff...you'll see what I mean if you don't already know)

I'm not trying to argue that this was the biggest heist in all of history, and that the american industrial military complex was responsible. I don't know who decided that killing Americans in order to sway public psyche was an acceptable thing to do in order to keep the military strong and funded, but it was decided as is obvious.

Osama was trained by the CIA. The hijackers were trained by the CIA. 11 or so countries even warned the US that the attacks were coming. They KNEW it was going to happen because they were PLANNING it. Thus, they made sure nobody stopped it. The military is not that inept. Why do you think terrorists never ever ever hit America otherwise?

And now for the meat of my post:

WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF IS THAT A PREVIOUS AMERICAN PRESIDENT NOT ONLY WARNED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THIS DAY BUT SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT IT. IT IS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.

And that was President Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation where he said (in part):
" In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

But the citizens of America became docile and did not watch the military. They did not pay attention to the state of affairs of the most awesome godless force in all of history, and so here we are. We're all to blame for 9/11, sadly.

You have to realize that THOSE IN POWER in America realize that it is very important for America to keep its military might. And when the more than half of all the money in America is spent on the military....well....it is pretty damned significant.

Couple that with the philosophy (read the book 'the grand chessboard') that the only way the American people would get behind the American military so as to allow the military to improve american defense is to have another 'pearl harbour like catastrophe' that is believed by people like cheney and rumsfeld and so on...well...it's no fucking wonder 9/11 happened. Shit, no one should be surprised if they did their homework.

Anyway, go read eisenhower's farewell address...here's a link: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html

Um, you guys do know that this 2.3 trillion went missing BEFORE Rumsfeld was confirmed as DoD secretary, right?

WTF^ They haven't kept this secret, Rumsfeld ANNOUNCED IT. I'm glad you decided to see the right way but I think maybe that overused Muslim-hating part is starting to come back into play. The Government owns the news, at least these days, you've heard of such things as New York reporters being told that they will lose their jobs if they go to 9 11 conventions and how they were staging a protest about the lack of free speech, I wonder why that story wasn't so widely broadcasted... The important point is that CNN and Fox etc. may jump on the Government for small things but they seem to avoid anything big enough to actually cause a dent. Thanks for your comments guys, I had no idea this post would cause this much debate. Ant.

"an administration shirking resposibility."

Here, let me break it down for you...

The missing 2.3 trillion was brought up at Rumsfeld's CONFIRMATION HEARING which took place on JANUARY 11th, 2001 by Senator Robert Byrd. Now we all know that CONFIRMATION HEARINGS are not private and in Rumsfeld's case, occured BEFORE Bush's inauguration. Now, if the missing 2.3 trillion was brought up at Rumsfeld's CONFIRMATION HEARING which occurred BEFORE Bush's inauguration, that means that the 2.3 trillion went missing BEFORE Bush was president.

I'm sorry if I wasn't CLEAR ENOUGH for you.