Reply #64: "Was" a long time CIA asset

[Bolo Boffin]

That's what I'd agree to. 9/11 functioned as the initiating attack that started a conflict between the United States and another entity.

However, you conflate several disparate events.

One of these isn't even an event. Operation Northwoods is a rejected military plan. The Joint Chiefs came up with it. The civilian leadership (JFK) rejected it. So that didn't even happen.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html

Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack. I know you think Roosevelt knew. But he didn't. History shows this is true.

http://hnn.us/articles/107.html

The Maine was most probably sunk by a small mine. I know, you think it was a fortuitious accident, or that it was done on purpose. It wasn't.

http://www.mainepbs.org/ussmaine/ussmaineinfo.html

The Gulf of Tonkin isn't what you'd like it to be either. The North Vietnamese had attacked a US ship on August 2, thinking it was a South Vietnamese ship. They were soon relieved of the burden of that ignorance. It was the August 4th night "battle" that was blown completely out of proportion by LBJ, so that he could increase military involvement in Vietnam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution

So by conflating all of these with 9/11 and asking me if I would dispute characterizing them all the same, you've lost me.

Now for your Osama talk:

Didn't stand to gain anything for it? Osama's been busting his chops to get the US out of Saudi Arabia for a long time, and Bush did it. Sounds like he could use a "Mission Accomplished" sign that Bush isn't using anymore...

But you're saying that Osama remains in contact with his CIA handlers? That's why you call him a good Company man - present tense?

If he's been framed and he's still a CIA asset, then why wouldn't he get in line with the program? Claim responsibility, be the bogeyman? That's his job, isn't it? If you're right, and I know you think you are, then why isn't Osama doing his job?