Once again, the "Truthers" dive into irrelevant minutia, and totally ignore the larger picture.
Worth re-posting. But no one ever wants to answer what follows, and when they do, they fall on their face. Aryan_B, this one's for you. Have fun with it.
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For those who believe 9-11 was not a terror attack by Al-Quaeda, under the direction of bin Laden; for those who think it was a secret Government conspiracy, please address these questions and observations.
Q:
What would the goal be of a conspiracy and attack resulting in the deaths of over 3,000 people, including Muslims and Jews?
A: Simple. A pretext to attack in the Middle East. Take the oil.
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What sort of conspiracy and attack is most likely to succeed, AND remain secret?
A: A simple plan that results in mass casualties. Importantly, IT MUST INVOLVE AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CONSPIRACISTS. As the number of people involved rise, the likelihood of a leak increases exponentially.
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Does the 9-11 attack, when viewed/executed as a secret conspiracy involving government agencies, satisfy question 2? Is it simple? Does it involve few people?
A: No. Absolutely not. It would have been an enormously complicated plan involving hundreds if not thousands of people; pilots, demolitions experts, missiles, tens of tons of planted explosives in one of the busiest area in the world. Air traffic controllers. Pentagon officials. CIA/FBI.
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What are the chances of thousands of people involved in mass murder keeping their mouths shut?
A: ZERO percent. Even the worst Nazi and Japanese war criminals/mass murderers talked. And they were MOTIVATED to be silent, as they faced death. One lone person, if part of such a conspiracy, would become one of the most famous and important persons on the face of the Earth if they came forward.
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What would a simpler and more effective plan be?
A: Release of nerve agents in a shopping mall or sports stadium. The nerve agent "cannisters" are found, and chemical analysis and metallurgy determines the source to be Iraq/Afghanistan/Iran/Syria/China (pick whatever nation you want to attack). Or... simultaneously bomb and sink several cruise ships. Or bomb a nuclear power plant. There are many choices.
My point is simple. WHY go with conspiracy plan A (the 9-11 attacks; enormously complicated) when any number of simpler conspiracy plans would be infinitely easier to execute and result in the same outcome, i.e. a "pretext" to attack? Why was Osama videotaped bragging about the attack long before any conspiracy theory ever saw the light of day? Why were the terrorist attackers videotaped boarding all four aircraft? Were the cell-phone calls from flight 93 faked?
What about the
Flight 93 transcript? Terrorists are heard taking over the airplane, and crashing it when the cabin passenegrs attacked. We have the cockpit voice recorder, AND we have Air Traffic Control recordings that verify this.
IF (big if) some Jewish people were seen celebrating, I suspect they were doing so because they knew the U.S. would be hardened towards a perceived common enemy. It certainly doesn't mean they were giving each other a big "high-five" after a successful mission. Many people throughout the middle east were dancing with glee that day as well. By extension, I guess that means they were part of it too.
Despite overwhelming evidence, people persist in the notion that the U.S. government murdered its own citizens as a pretext to war. It helps them get through their day, I guess. Validates their own hatred.