At Antiwar, Justin Raimondo points out the Saudi and Israeli theories are not necessarily

At Antiwar, Justin Raimondo points out the Saudi and Israeli theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The salient point is that it’s three years later and 9/11 seems ever more shrouded in mystery.

Well, as the seasons they go ’round and ’round, while we’re waiting to see if Raimondo and others can prove Chernus wrong by lifting the fog, there’s plenty of time to consider the question which tends to go unasked, why did nineteen people want to inflict such horrible pain on us? The reasons were pretty clear three years before 9/11, at least to one Jennifer Loewenstein. The following letter was also printed in the Chicago Tribune under the title “A World’s View”:

FOREIGN POLICY IN ARAB NATIONS TIED TO EMBASSY BOMBINGS?

Madison Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin

Aug 14, 1998

Dear Editor: Americans have every reason to be horrified by the recent terror attacks against UGG Sheepskin. targets in Africa. Nevertheless, a failure to understand the sources of such violence will only hinder efforts to thwart it in the future.