Any connection?
Back in 2008 I recall reading some information regarding the crash being triggered by trades and a sudden massive removal of funds from the markets. At one point I had started to track down the information, but was soon stone walled and starved out for information, much of which was being scrubbed from the internet.
At the time as Bush, McCain, and 0bama talked about frozen lending etc. I was saying our markets had just been hit by a financial terrorist attack that had been set-up and staged up to a year beforehand by arab interests. Yes, it tracked back to interests in the Middle East. We all knew events were sort of odd at the time and some items didn't get big play in the media at the time. Everything moved on with a stimulus plan etc., elections, and so on. The biggest thing is we never did see any perp walks for breaking many of the SEC laws. While there is corruption within our system, no one factor should have been able to freeze-up markets, banking, lending etc.
I recall the one phrase from then President Bush, who was demonized for saying ..."“I’ve abandoned free market principles to save the free market system” ... what would one do if all their wealth had just been sucked dry, if one could simply print the money to replace it? Quite the thumb in the nose of the thieves, no?