This is the answer to Was 9/11 a setup by the US government?

Yes, but it is understandable how most people still accept the official conspiracy theory and mainstream media

I was not particularly moved by the Zeitgeist movie or any of the mass of evidence people had accumulated, though it all helped soften my skepticism.  It was not until my second viewing of the presentation by Richard Gage, who started http://www.ae911truth.org, that it finally sunk in, that controlled demolition is the only scientifically proven explanation for the "collapse" of all three WTC towers, and that the official story must therefore be a cover up of the real crime.  

Then, I could revisit the other material to see how it all fits together much more coherently, all the explosions that people heard and saw, the total lack of response by the military to defend us from this self-inflicted attack, the destruction of evidence at the crime scene of ground zero, the immediate blame of Osama bin Laden with no evidence, the call to enter into a premeditated war, the inadequacy of the media to investigate what really happened, the foot dragging to start the 9/11 Commission and the inept investigation and reporting that it did, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,...  

Waking up about the reality of how thoroughly and deeply corrupt our institutions are that we had assumed we could trust is a bit scary, and most people resist even in the face of facts.  I have heard several people say "Even if it is true, I don't believe it".  People outside the US are more likely to distrust the US.  It is much more difficult for anyone to distrust themselves.    But the truth is not about how many people believe one way or another so much as about the inescapable facts of what could not have happened and what must have happened.  There is much that we don't yet know about, but we do know that the US government had to be involved to some degree.  At the very least, they let it happen on purpose.