Something's rotten here, and the only thing I can say for sure is that we handed radical Islamists what they wanted on a silver platter.

No, not radical Islamists. The government and corporations. And I'm not talking jetfuel melting steel beams shit - I'm talking about profiting off the wars.

Here, let me remind you of something. Remember X-Files? Remember those three conspiracy theorists on the show that they spun off on their own failed show?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen_(TV_series)#911

In the premiere episode, which aired March 4, 2001, members of the U.S. government conspire to hijack an airliner, almost hitting the World Trade Center, and blame the act on terrorists to gain support for a new profit-making war. The episode aired six months prior to the September 11 attacks.[5]

Here's a cute video about kittens to help you get to sleep (really worth a watch; it helps the pill go down): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Lvv1f5Qu4

/as the Talking Heads said... same as it ever was. We only have the Internet to put all the pieces together now.