the bureaucracy of our gov't makes such a sweeping conspiracy nearly impossible to pull off. and in general, i think conspiracy theorists give our leaders too much credit. being so crafty and evil takes more time and effort than you'd think, especially when you're trying to do your "regular" job simultaneously. but come to your own conclusions. the 911 report answered the few nagging issues that i had with the attacks.
back to the original poster's comments, i'd like to add that PBS Frontline covered the neo-con ideas before the war started. it was great to have some perspective on the motivation of the war, although people sometimes looked at me strange when i tried to explain it to them.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ows/iraq/view/
i originally watched this back in march of 2003, but i think the information is still relevant. this is a pretty good news show...i think i'll check through some of the recent archived episodes.