@TheIowaCynic, nonsense. A conspiracy entails more than simply lying or disseminating propaganda. The point of a conspiracy is that you believe “they” function as a unified, secret front that drives historical events.
The reality of history and the politics of warfare is never so black-and-white. In fact, I would wager that a large number of the “lies” told to us by government officials are spoken by people who may not even be aware that they are lying or misrepresenting the truth.
Look at the Iraq War. Was there lying and propoganda used? Absolutely! Did Cheney and other major players at the White House have a plan to invade Iraq before 9/11 and callously used the sentiment after the attacks to cheerlead the war? Absolutely!
Now, were they lying about the threat of Saddam Hussein and the weapons of mass destruction? That is not so clear at all. Many people at the White House and the CIA obviously did believe Saddam was developing WMD. They simply did a sloppy and irresponsible job of investigating their claim before the invasion and then dishonestly peddled their claim (which they believed) as truth, but that is quite different from inventing the story of WMD wholesale.
Incidentally, elsewhere you’ve speculated that “the bombers” were responsible for 9/11 and that the government could easily have been involved. How do you know this might be the case? Because “they” orchestrated the Iraq War and “they” needed emotional justification, so therefore, “they” could easily have faked 9/11 and would have incentive to do so. If government officials are dishonest then it means that the government must function as a unified secretive cabal, a “they,” that orchestrates mass murders to achieve its geopolitical aims.
What a childish view of history and politics.