Wow @teamsteem, you never cease to amaze with your in-depth reports on the topics you take on-- this is certainly very thorough, and well put together.

I remember standing in my kitchen, watching the first tower burn... and listening to to the report that an airplane had crashed into the tower. Seemed so odd. Then came a second plane... followed by the "goosebumpy" sensation at the thought that I was witnessing the start of World War III-- live.

We were all watching... mesmerized. And then I distinctly remember my first sensation that something was "fishy," when WTC-7 fell. I don't know a LOT about civil engineering and architecture... but it seemed impossible. I remember thinking that it was a "very well orchestrated attack" because the "terrorists" had also managed to get bombs inside WTC-7, and set them to detonate in connection with the planes.

It just never fit.

All these years later... the "answer" that seems most likely to me remains that "someone" in government-- US or global-- observed that the US (and world population) wasn't "afraid enough" anymore. The Berlin Wall had fallen. Communism in Eastern Europe ended. There was no more "red menace" to scare people...

.... and people HAVE to be scared in order to be easily controlled. If people are content and happy, they are far more difficult to manipulate and control. And so-- even though there was little doubt that extremist terrorism EXISTED-- a new "unseen menace" had to be created... or the broader population might become too difficult to control.

"Let's blow up something iconic, INSIDE the US, and make it the 'responsibility' of unseen and largely unseen terrorists!"

It has worked pretty well, so far....