Likely because we very well couldn't attack the BFEE's BFFs (where most of the hijackers originated from) for 9/11 . . . . buuuuuuuut SOMEone had to be bombed and the Failure Fuhrer had to have his war, so why not our old standbys Iraq??

America just followed that pattern of government shiny object distraction; never ask pertinent questions, just ramp up fear and rely on your buddies in the complicit Fourth Estate to distract.