thcbongman is correct, Bush knew The World Trade Center was going to get hit he knew about all the casualties we would have, the attack was the perfect scheem to wage us into war with Iraq for oil..Same thing with Pearl Harbor the U.S was just getting back on its feet from the great depression and FDR knew that if we cut off Japans oil and other recources from America they would take it as an act of war and eventually Pearl Harbor would be hit.Except FDR went to war really to get us over the depression he knew that if there was a big enough hit he could pursuade the american people into war jus like Bush did.