AHC: No 9/11

I don't blame either President, Clinton or Bush, for the terrorist attacks. Both made moves, if small, to combat terrorism, but both underestimated - understandably - the possible power of Muslim terrorism.

Now that said... there's only a handful of ways to prevent 9/11 and none are really plausible:
  • The United States either never stations, or removes, any troops in any Middle Eastern countries, INCLUDING Saudi Arabia.
  • The Soviet Union never enters the '80's War in Afghanistan and/or the Mujhadeen resistance never forms and/or is not aided by the United States.
  • George H. W. Bush instead causes a full invasion of Iraq, ensuring re-election and causing further, long-term concerns about Middle Eastern wars and terrorism, making it a greater issue in the long run and thus making it more likely OBL or al-Qaeda could be apprehended or blocked earlier. (This is a pretty weak one.)
  • The Taliban never comes to power in the first place, giving al-Qaeda no place to plan it's strong military operations.
  • The Twin Towers/World Trade Center are never built to begin with, meaning a different target is chosen.
  • The United States and/or the Islam culture do not exist as of 2001, for whatever strange reason.
 
Bob, you do realize that Dubya actually ignored an urgent August 2001 report warning of a possible attack on the U.S. from the State Department, right?

Edit: Umm....okay, it looks like Ian banned him right around the exact same time I finished posting this. Should I keep this up, or not? :confused:

I don't know if you meant it this way, but it sounds like you're responding to a conspiracy theory with an alternative conspiracy. Let's keep conspiracy theories off this board entirely.
 
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