Bush Lied to the American People about 9/11 Terrorists' Motives

Bush's lie hides from many Americans the fact that we were attacked by Al-Qaeda because of specific foreign polices and not because we are the"brightest beacon of freedom and opportunity"

Quick Guide to Motives for 9/11

We don't deserve to be lied to. What Bush lied about was WHY WE WERE TARGETED. The day after the worst terrorist attack in American history, President Bush addressed the nation. Those looking for an explanation for why the terrorists attacked America got only a lie. Bush claimed, "America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world." But the truth was revealed in the FBI’s statement to Congress and bin Laden’s own words: Opposition to U.S. military forces in the Persian gulf area, most notably Saudi Arabia, U.S. support of corrupt Middle Eastern countries, U.S. support for Israel’s brutal occupation and the ongoing assault on civilians in Iraq.

The FBI testified clearly that Al-Qeada had specific goals. "One of the primary goals of Sunni extremists is the removal of U.S. military forces from the Persian gulf area, most notably Saudi Arabia." - The Terrorist Threat Confronting the United States The FBI made it clear that the terrorism was done "in order to overthrow all governments[in Muslim lands, check what Osama and Richard Reid have actually said] which are not ruled by Sharia (conservative Islamic) law." That is what the FBI has said the motives are.

Here is what a terrorism expert says: In fact, says terrorism expert Richard E. Rubenstein, Bin Laden has made clear in previous remarks that he is seeking to force a U.S. withdrawal from the Arabian peninsula. He also hopes to destabilize pro-Western regimes in the Middle East and possibly provoke a U.S. military response that will further anger and alienate the Muslim world. "It's actually quite clear what he wants," Richard E. Rubenstein says. "What makes him different is not what he wants, but the way he proposes to get it."

Now here is what Osama bin Laden has said:"The Western regimes and the government of the US bear the blame for what might happen. If their people do not wish to be harmed inside their very own countries, they should seek to elect governments that are truly representative of them and that can protect their interests."-bin Laden, May 1998. "We swore that America wouldn't live in security until we live it truly in Palestine. This showed the reality of America, which puts Israel's interest above its own people's interest. America won't get out of this crisis until it gets out of the Arabian Peninsula, and until it stops its support of Israel." -bin Laden, Oct. 2001 Here is what the shoe bomber (Richard Reid) has said:"The reason for me sending you (a document he calls his "will") is so you can see that I didn't do this act out of ignorance nor did I just do it because I want to die, but rather because I see it as a duty upon me to help remove the oppressive American forces from the Muslim land and that this is the only way for us to do so as we do not have other means to fight them." Now what did the President say? He told us a lie that we are being targeted because we are the "brightest beacon of freedom and opportunity in the world".Whitehouse Transcript

The lie is about why we were targeted, not about if we are "the brightest beacon." Yes, we are the "the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world" but the point is President Bush is lying when he uses that as the reason for why we were attacked. The truth is we were targeted for attack because of specific foreign policies which are objected to by Al-Qaeda.

Bush deceives Americans about the terrorists motives to shield U.S. foreign policies from public scrutiny, his first concern is the special interests he serves. He does not respect our right to the truth and the media is just as bad.

Not one mainstream media reporter pointed out that Bush lied, the media for the most part played along with the official lie. [After two years the chance to hear the truth has improved, David Corn has a new book that identifies this particular lie of President Bush.] Who, what, where, when and why are standard press question but when it came to 9/11 most of the media avoided the why. The media has provided a very poor public forum for anyone wanting to understand why America was targeted. CNN’s Paula Zahn even questioned the very idea that a person could understand why America was targeted. Paula Zahn asked, “Professor, let me jump in here, but implicit in that -- aren't you saying that you understand why America was targeted?” Noam Chomsky answered, “Do I understand? Yes, so does the U.S. intelligence services, so does all of scholarship. I mean, we can ignore it if we like, and therefore lead to further terrorist attacks, or we can try to understand.”

Graham E. Fulller, former CIA, warned in 1998, “It is dangerous to divorce terrorism from politics, yet the U.S. media continue to talk about an abstract war against terrorism without mention of the issues or context that lie behind them.