# Why did 9/11 happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331 "2005-02-28T20:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/101 "2005-03-04T15:45:00Z")
A dose of reality which will undoubtedly be ignored by the Cognitive Dissonance Cheerleading Squad: [**The USA is “No. 1” in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt, and delusion**](http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12985.asp) Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/102 "2005-03-04T15:58:15Z")
9/11 happened to bring democracy to Iraq. It may be evil but you can’t argue with results. Now if only someone from central Africa would bomb the US maybe it would bring democracy to the Congo? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/103 "2005-03-04T16:32:21Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > The USA is “No. 1” in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt, and delusion An unbiases source if ever I’ve seen one. :dubious: Here’s a thought RF…why not start a thread on this subject and see how you fair with that as your cite? -XT ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/104 "2005-03-04T17:23:05Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > 9/11 happened to bring democracy to Iraq. It may be evil but you can’t argue with results. > > Now if only someone from central Africa would bomb the US maybe it would bring democracy to the Congo? I’m guessing this is a joke but I’m not familiar with your posting style so I’m not sure. Could you fill me in please? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/105 "2005-03-04T18:07:45Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > A dose of reality which will undoubtedly be ignored by the Cognitive Dissonance Cheerleading Squad: > > [**The USA is “No. 1” in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt, and delusion**](http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12985.asp) > > Cheers. No I don’t accept your cheers. Europe is free thanks to the US. So is Japan, and South Korea. So will be the Middle East. The US is number one in technology and its economy. > [@](#): > > Now if only someone from central Africa would bomb the US maybe it would bring democracy to the Congo? Yes the congo state which hardly exists, and which is being fought over by a number of regional powers. > [@](#): > > An unbiases source if ever I’ve seen one. Here’s a thought RF…why not start a thread on this subject and see how you fair with that as your cite? I second that notion. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/106 "2005-03-04T19:43:21Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > 9/11 happened to bring democracy to Iraq. It may be evil but you can’t argue with results. You aren’t _seriously_ proposing that “the ends justify the means” is an acceptable rationale, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/107 "2005-03-04T23:28:53Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > You aren’t _seriously_ proposing that “the ends justify the means” is an acceptable rationale, are you? With a result of Iraqis being free, its hardly as terrible as you make it out to be. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/108 "2005-03-05T02:08:30Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > With a result of Iraqis being free, its hardly as terrible as you make it out to be. Tell it to the dead. They’ll sit still for that kind of morally bankrupt rubbish, the rest of us won’t. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/109 "2005-03-05T02:22:15Z")
> [@](#): > > _Ryan\_Lyam said:_ > Yes the congo state which hardly exists, and which is being fought over by a number of regional powers. Way to make a non sequiter to a joke sound wordly > [@](#): > > \*rung said:\*You aren’t seriously proposing that “the ends justify the means” is an acceptable rationale, are you? Oh heaven forbid. It is not acceptable. Merely accepted. **Cisco** , it was kind of a joke inspired by the democratic domino theory thread. Seriously, 9/11 runs directly to the Iraq invasion as far as US politics go, if you were a believer in devine providence then why not? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331/110 "2005-03-05T02:24:48Z")
And it’s currently hard to find a more embarrassing word to misspell than “worldly”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-9-11-happen/292331.md?page=5)