> has historically been full of shit and completely made up from time to time. Therefore there is no reason to believe it now.
Then why do you believe them about the terrorists being the bad guys, or even existing at all. Why not set up a nice rendezvous with ISIS and maybe talk about what you have in common.
Why believe the government about anything ever. Why do you think they are telling the truth about vaccinations or the benefit of public schools or anything if you have deemed them to be constant liars.
So you see no distinction between saying "the US has a track record of creating security theatre and using dubious excuses based on worthless and even fabricated intel" and literally joining ISIS?
Either you seriously believe the US government apparatus is the only source of information other than literally ISIS or you're being unhelpfully hyperbolic.
> the US [government] says [they have intel]
has historically been full of shit and completely made up from time to time. Therefore there is no reason to believe it now.