[BBKing]

Considering that the 9/11 attacks were mainly carried out by Saudis, funded by Saudis and the result of a political and religious philosophy developed by Saudis, but Bush invaded Iraq, I don't think he wanted to wage war against the offending nations at all - he certainly wanted to boot out Saddam and overfocused on this to the detriment of the safety and security of the US and indeed the rest of the world.

Remember, every time you hear 9/11 mentioned, remind yourself that it was Saudi terrorism in the same way that the IRA attacks in London and elsewhere were Irish terrorism.

Anyway, aeroplanes and holes in buildings - that conspiracy 'theory' is indeed a pile of old poo - buildings are stronger than airliners, particularly steel-reinforced masonry buildings. There were bits of plane left, particularly the engines, which usually end up recognisable after accidents, often at the furthest extent along the wreckage path (cf. the crash of Vulcan VX770 at Syerston in 1958). The first eyewitnesses are usually the least accurate - they usually aren't looking in the right direction, have inadequate visual cues to judge size, and often confuse the timelines, often stating that aircraft are on fire in the air when the explosion was on the ground.

I thought the second plane that hit the WTC was an Airbus A320, even after several viewings - not being familiar with the WTC (although I'd been there once) I had nothing else to judge the size against, all I saw was a twin-jet-engined low-wing airliner.

Apart from anything else, the conspiracy theorists have to come up with an explanation of where Boeing 757-223 N644AA and 68 people are. Not easy to hide.