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9/11 Eight years later. Are we being told the truth?

So here we are, 8 years after the events of 9/11. Are we being told the truth? Was there a multinational conspiracy to commit these attacks? Was there a U.S. cover-up of the facts? Who has benefitted from the attacks? Do you feel safer today? Are your rights being infringed in the aftermath, in the name of "national security"? I don't know about you, but I get the feeling we've been lied to!

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Dec 19, 2009. 6:35 PMbassclarinet23 says:
These are my answers.

Some truth is told, but a lot of is not revealed or altered to change the way people interpret it .
Possibly.
Probably.
People who benefit from the wars (*cough* certain oil companies *cough*).
Not at all. 
I'm not old enough to really know, but I'd say so.
Dec 23, 2009. 3:47 PMbassclarinet23 says:
Yes, you're quite right (unfortunately). I think the paranoia has created more fear and danger.
Oct 22, 2009. 5:23 AMgearhead1951 says:
I don't care if it is a Southern Baptist ,  Roman Catholic ,  Muslim or Hindu ,  hardcore religious fundamentalists scare th' crap out of me I

Anyone who is conviced that only his faith is THE WAY  and is prepared to slaughter any one who dares to say different is insane and should be put in a round , rubber lined room in  a custom fit "i love me ! " jacket !

Obsessive religous conviction of this sort has been responsible for more death ,  destruction and sheer human misery than all other sourcers combined !!!

Especially when you mix politics in to th' equation !
Oct 21, 2009. 3:41 AMgearhead1951 says:
when faced with an unexpected , unpleasant event ,  th' first impulse of ANY proffessional politician is to LIE !!!  Loudly ,  repeatedly and accuse anyone who has a different view of th" situation of tryin' to pervert th' "facts" in an attempt to hide th' "truth" !

Unfortunatly ,  It works just far too often ( check "W's" track record ! )
Sep 13, 2009. 7:59 PMDJ Radio says:
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Sep 15, 2009. 1:19 PMDJ Radio says:
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Sep 13, 2009. 9:00 PMDJ Radio says:
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Sep 15, 2009. 1:18 PMDJ Radio says:
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Sep 12, 2009. 10:28 AMCoffee bean says:
Look I could argue all day about how the facts do make sense. It's this simple close to three thousand people lost the lives on that day, and no investigation was needed to find to the terrorist that did it. Within hours Al Qaeda took credit for there attack. Then came retaliation, question became were are they-Afghanistan, and Iraq. So that's were we went and were we are nothing more. Would you rather fight the war there or here.
Sep 13, 2009. 5:32 PMCoffee bean says:
You know the funny thing is the facts either fit together too perfectly and never fit together fell enough. WTC7 has been discussed and defeated numerous times. As always, you have disagreeing "Armchair Admirals" and such, that use their "field" experience to tell you th government is wrong. "other explosions" could easily be caused by a build up in pressure as the trade center fell. As for prior possible warnings. I doubt possible warnings are rare and you can't spend time checking ever one. Finally, I have never heard of Operation Northwoods feel free to "educate" me.
Sep 13, 2009. 3:48 AMKiteman says:
The Operation Northwoods plan was public knowledge four years before the Twin Towers attack.

If I had been a foreign aggressor with harmful intent towards a nation, relatively few resources, and knowledge of that plan, would it not make long-term sense to model an attack on that plan?

After all, the US nation (and the world) as a whole has suffered more inconvenience, and been subjected to more paranoia and hysteria, from US actions since the attack than AQ attacks.

How many resources have been put into countering the internal effects (say, policing a demonstration demanding "the truth about 9-11") that could otherwise have been put to much better uses, such as combating "real" crime, or paying for public health care?

After all, the real purpose of an attack like 9-11, or the London Tube Bombings is not to "kill the infidel", but to disrupt his actions? Just like the Bishopsgate bombing in the 90s was designed to disrupt the City, not kill people?
Sep 12, 2009. 11:09 PMKentsOkay says:
I think for sure that there was an epic failure amongst those in the security community, and then cover up work to say they didn't fail epically. As for a full blown internal conspiracy, I doubt it, but I wouldnt be overtly shocked if the ball wasnt dropped by some individuals for political or strategic gain. I'm not a skyscraper engineer, I dont know what to say about the towers collapsing or secondary explosions. BUT I will say flying into the pentagon took some serious doing that I feel is beyond most pilot's abilities. To be gunning full throttle at some insanely low altitude (25-100ft), then going straight into a 4 (3?) story building is something that only a military pilot in my mind could accomplish in a jumbo jet. Simply banking would put you into the ground. To fly anything at low altitudes with speed takes years of practice (the vast majority of all aviation accidents are landing and take off). The tape rather clearly shows a frontal impact, not a dive bombing. Smacking into the WTC's isnt too hard, and the large debris field in PA is simply what happens when you let people who have no clue about aircraft at the controls. I dont think even CameronSS and myself (together, as Ible's resident aeronuts) could land a jumbo jet any where close to safely without some serious ground support. That's my 2p...
Sep 13, 2009. 5:38 PMCoffee bean says:
I'll play ball, IF so there would be great reason to lie. Saying that you had to shoot down a plane filled with innocent people doesn't make for a nice headline however the passengers overpowered the terrorist does. That being said I don't think they were shot down.
Sep 13, 2009. 6:31 AMKentsOkay says:
It may very well have been shot down. I recall that they said fighters where scrambled to shoot down any other terrorist controlled jets.

The pentagon attack is still the one that leaves the most questions in my mind.
Sep 13, 2009. 11:27 AMsharlston says:
i agree with kiteman
Sep 12, 2009. 2:45 AMKiteman says:
  • Conspiracy before hand? I don't think so.
  • Poor communication between swecurity organisations? Probably.
  • Incompetance? Possibly.
  • Political exploitation afterwards? Certainly.
No denying the whole thing was a horrible tragedy, but I think that very little US coverage of the event has been anywhere near as objective as, say, the coverage of the London Tube bombings. A lot of what we see from this side of the pond about the Twin Towers goes along the lines of:

> It was all a conspiracy. I have proof.
~ Where's the proof?
> My proof is: all the evidence has been covered up!
~ So, your evidence that it is a conspiracy is that none of the evidence of the conspiracy can be found?
> Exactly! But I have more...
~ Oh?
> I did some research on the internet, and I found a website written by a laudromat operative that says steel girders can't be melted by high-temperature flames.
~ And...?
> Some "expert" that calls himself a material scientist showed me evidence that the website is wrong! He's obviously part of the conspiracy, because he's working to cover up the facts!
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(Sound of receding footsteps)
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> Hello?
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> Hah! There's another one silenced by the conspiracy! I knew I was right!
Sep 12, 2009. 8:28 PMRock Soldier says:
> It was all a conspiracy. I have proof.
~ Where's the proof?
> My proof is: all the evidence has been covered up!
~ So, your evidence that it is a conspiracy is that none of the evidence of the conspiracy can be found?
> Exactly! But I have more...
~ Oh?
> I did some research on the internet, and I found a website written by a laudromat operative that says steel girders can't be melted by high-temperature flames.
~ And...?
> Some "expert" that calls himself a material scientist showed me evidence that the website is wrong! He's obviously part of the conspiracy, because he's working to cover up the facts!
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(Sound of receding footsteps)
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> Hello?
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> Hah! There's another one silenced by the conspiracy! I knew I was right!
Nice one. Did you find that somewhere, or did you make it up?
Sep 13, 2009. 3:22 AMKiteman says:
Written from personal experience. I seem to attract the weirder types on the net.
Sep 13, 2009. 6:44 AMRock Soldier says:
Lol. That makes it even better.
Sep 12, 2009. 7:48 AMGoodhart says:
I don't know if there was a proper conspiracy in this case, but I do see evidence that they were aware of something that was about to happen ahead of time, and simply did not act on it because
1) they weren't sure of what and where (incompetency, miscommunication)
or
2) they wanted something like this to happen to excuse the declaring of war (mr. Bush should have spent a month in Israel if he thought our incident was bad), btw, I would find this choice violently immoral and cold blooded, by ANY standards, and a side note, I am not trying to play down the tragedy because I see useless loss of life as a tragedy even if only one.

As for my own feelings of being safe are concerned, I don't worry to much about it (worry can give you worry lines, and one could then worry about that too ;-) BUT I certainly don't feel any safer then before.
Sep 12, 2009. 8:33 PMGoodhart says:
makes it seem like the powers-that-be (or were) have something to hide

Or, at very least, believe they have something that might have to be hidden, whether there is something of it or not. I fear many of our politicians have a streak of paranoid/schizophrenia ;-)

Just like the JFK conspiracy; ;-) sometimes we have overactive imaginations (if you are not familiar with Red Dwarf, check out that link, it is humorous at best ;-)
Sep 12, 2009. 10:53 PMKentsOkay says:
Red Dwarf FTW!!
Sep 13, 2009. 4:33 AMGoodhart says:
Do you remember the episode: Tikka to Ride ?
Sep 12, 2009. 10:53 PMKentsOkay says:
JFK Assassination: Mob hit IMHO
Sep 13, 2010. 9:10 AMKiteman says:
...they saw the teacher (on TV) in the security detail for Kennedy at Daley Plaza...

Could that not just be different standards of security back then?

When Phil the Greek the Duke of Edinburgh visited my university to open the new library, some of my friends made up the security "detail". As far as I know, none of them had any military or security experience (they were 19!), but they still got the job for a day.

(About a year later that I got pulled off a wall by one of Charlie's security goons, but that was in public, in Liverpool.)
Sep 13, 2009. 11:09 AMlemonie says:
The thought did occur to me this morning that they would have to call the school and request someone fetch the coach to the phone urgently? This being the case, either it would be told that coach left to take an urgent call, returned and said "watch TV all night.", then left. Or he would have cancelled his next period and left without having the chance to speak to students, maybe he shouted out the window of his car as he drove-off? Phone call: "Hello mister coach, we finally got the plan together to take-out JFK! ...except Ian twisted his ankle this morning so he's not fit for it. You're the nearset guy we've got so be (there) at () hours, we're sending transport. Oh and because this is a bit of "a biggie" keep quiet about it eh, tell the school your grandmother's just died or something..." L
Sep 13, 2009. 10:48 PMlemonie says:
Another detail - so maybe he was expecting the kids see him "going out" in style saving the president? As in "I may not see you again if this comes off, but you'll see me (onTV)"? Mmm, sounds more like it. L
Sep 14, 2009. 7:42 AMGoodhart says:
No real sense of a widereaching conspiracy, or cloak-and-dagger intrigue. ....But obviously times have changed.

Yeah, now we have the X-Files to tell us what is true and what is not ;-)
Sep 13, 2009. 6:36 AMKentsOkay says:
That's interesting. What I heard is that the mafia had been laying plans to hit him on the tour he was on, and for whatever reasons they had to scrub the previous locations.
Sep 14, 2009. 7:18 AMKentsOkay says:
One lover had some serious ties with the Mafia - In his time running with the "Rat Pack", I do believe he made a few too many friends, then when he tried to clean up his image AND Las Vegas, that was just a bit too far for them...
Sep 13, 2009. 4:29 AMGoodhart says:
OR he knew he was going to be there, and wanted to wave at the camera and look cool to his students.....Ockham's razor :-)
Sep 13, 2009. 3:59 AMKiteman says:
Ahh...

That makes it odd.
Sep 13, 2009. 12:23 AMlemonie says:
Sounds a bit odd. As far as I'm aware there was no TV footage available that quickly? L
Sep 13, 2009. 1:03 AMlemonie says:
He didn't say what TV to watch & when though, another channel and they could have missed him / his twin brother...? Ask what the football coach said about being there after the event, that'd be interesting. L
Sep 12, 2009. 8:45 PMGoodhart says:
Yeah, in Red Dwarf episode Tikka To Ride JFK assassinates himself ;-)
Sep 11, 2009. 11:51 PMCameronSS says:
Oh dear...this will certainly explode quickly...I'm guessing 300 comments by tomorrow evening. Oh, and if it does: first! Sorry, had to get that one...

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