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by Iv 1742 days ago
No, Washington invaded Afghanistan, despite arguably Rumsfeld wanting to target Iraq at first, but being told they did not have a case.

911 hijackers were Saudis and Osama Bin Laden was Saudi but it was decided to not look at KSA at all.

This was known to the Bush adminsitration who censored any mention of KSA from the 911 reports: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_28_pages

The GOP has always been a supporter of foreign and domestic terrorism. Them posing as antiterrorists is the biggest con of the 21st century.