In the U-Tube video (below), Congressman Ron Paul gives a lengthy pre-amble to a question about Afghanistan he poses to US ‘Special Envoy’ Richard Holbrooke. Then we hear Holbrooke’s reply.

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Central to Mr Holbrooke’s argument when he tries to explain WHY the USA is fighting in Afghanistan – and now Pakistan – is 9-11.

America, according to Mr Holbrooke, is at war because America was attacked from Afghanistan.

“…Afghanistan/Pakistan is not Iraq. The reason we are in this area – not withstanding its immense difficulties – is because the people of this area attacked our country on September 11th 2001 and have stated flatly they intend to do it again. They’ve done all the other things we mentioned earlier. Therefore it’s not Iraq and it’s not Vietnam…it’s about defending our country.”

While not discounting the possibility that the false-flag operation foisted on the world on September 11th 2001 had some tentacles inside Pakistan and even Afghanistan, it should now be clear to all intelligent people who are paying attention that the observed events of 9-11 can only be explained by some variant of the ‘inside job’/ ‘Israeli attack’ thesis.

The notion that an organization called ‘Al Qaida’, based in Afghanistan, was wholly – or even largely – responsible for 9-11 is outright fantasy.

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This is the potentially fatal weakness in President Obama’s refusal – to date – to re-open the investigation into 9-11.

Making manifest the truth about 9-11 is arguably the most important task of the intelligensia of our times.

It’s the absurdity on which the most egregious current atrocities are based. Cut this rotten branch and a lot of termites drop with it.

We might even be able to give peace a chance, with all its many challenges.