From: * US on
Undisputed fact:

"Obviously, the war against Afghanistan was planned for quite some time. We know for a
fact that it had been war-gamed by the Pentagon going back to 1997. Right around September
11, two US Aircraft carrier task forces conveniently arrived in the Persian Gulf right at
the same time on 'rotation.' Obviously, preplanned. Just before September 11, the UK had
put together what was billed as the 'largest armada since the Falklands War' and had it
steaming towards Oman, where now 23,000 UK troops are on maneuvers. This had been planned
for at least 3 years. Also, the US 'Bright Star' operation is currently going on in Egypt.
23,000 US troops plus an additional 17,000 from NATO and its associates. This had been
planned at least two years ago. Finally, NATO just landed 12,000 troops into Turkey. This
had been planned for at least two years. It is obvious that we are seeing an operational
War Plan being executed here that had been in the works for at least the past four years.
September 11 is either a pretext or a trigger or both."

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