Well, I'll say this. Like the blowing up of the Maine in 1898 (possibly an accident, due to a slow fire in the coal bunkers), nothing could have proven more fortuitous for an irresponsible American administration bent on committing aggression in distant places upon spurious excuses, and expanding their imperial holdings.

Whether they actually planned it...or merely let it go forward...remains to be seen, but they certainly found it advantageous in a number of respects, both foreign and domestic (invasion abroad, abrogation of civil liberties and muzzling of political opposition at home).

The former owners of the twin towers may have found it advantageous too, since the buildings were in the red (so I've heard), and changed hands shortly before they were destroyed.

This in no way implies a lack of compassion on my part for those who lost their lives there...quite the contrary.

Does it look suspicious? Yes, very. Was it another Reichstag fire? We may never know.

- LH