The First Casualty
Originally posted by bsbray11
If I believed the official story regarding various events on that day, and ignored the lack of air response, then yeah, I might believe Osama could
have done it (if there was any evidence to support that notion).
To date, I have seen no proof that Al Qaeda was directly responsible for 9-11. That does not mean Al Qaeda didn't do it any more than it means they
did.
They have, however, repeatedly and publicly declared open war on every man, woman and child in the United States, and nothing any self-styled expert
says will blind me to that fact.
Regarding 9-11, the only thing I'm reasonably sure of is that, more than four years later, I still don't know what the honest-to-God truth is about
what actually happened, and that bothers me.
It also bothers me that so many of my fellow members see fit to offer speculative theories as if they were fact.
Neither the whitewashed “official” story nor Google-fueled armchair punditry are satisfactory substitutes for the truth.
All I want is the truth, and given the choice between truth later and lies now, I'm willing to wait as long as it takes.
Progressive Collapse
Originally posted by bsbray11
But I don't think it was as straightforward as a couple of planes being flown into a couple skyscrapers, and crossing your fingers for a
"progressive collapse." For Osama to have expected that would make him quite a genius, because full "progressive collapses" did not even exist
until 9/11. Just the Murrah Building during the OCB, and that was far from what was seen at NYC on 9/11.
According to the rather suspicious “I did it” tape that was aired, Osama didn't expect a collapse. However, it's not clear that he actually said
that, or again, that he was even involved in planning and carrying out the attacks.
That does not mean Al Qaeda was not involved, since Al Qaeda is not a monolithic organization, but a loose confederation of Islamic extremist groups
with common goals.
Thus an Al Qaeda affiliate may bear direct responsibility for 9-11, rather than Al Qaeda as a whole, but Al Qaeda's support of these affiliates still
makes them accessories to mass murder, and that, coupled with all their many other ghastly crimes and repeated announcements that they intend to
commit more of them makes their utter annihilation desirable in my sight.
No amount of disingenuous hand-waving will change that.
Some members talk as if they know what Osama was thinking prior to 9-11, and what he's thinking now.
Speaking as an individual who has some personal familiarity with the so-called “paranormal”, suffice it to say that I find such psychic claims to
be woefully unconvincing.
Giving Lie To The Truth
Originally posted by bsbray11
And if you finally accept that the towers were blown, and still think Osama did it (hat's off to the media and our federal disinfo agents on that
one), then just look at what the federal government is still saying about what happened on 9/11 and it should become pretty obvious that they've been
lying. They've even put major agencies behind the b.s. to decorate it and give some authority to it.
If the federal government is lying about 9-11, then it is observing a time-honored tradition of lying to the people that dates back to its founding.
Thus I don't recommend trusting the U.S. government.
In fact, it's my opinion that for Americans to trust their government is to be derelict in our Constitutional duty to serve as the final check and
balance against federal tyranny.
So let's not cloud the waters on that.
I think it will be difficult but not impossible for ATSers to learn the truth about 9-11, provided we keep our minds open and go where the evidence
leads.
To the extent we do otherwise, however, the odds of learning the truth rapidly approach zero.
That's why I continue to recommend skepticism with respect to
all theories surrounding 9-11, including the “official” ones.
Sure, let's consider them, and make sure all possibilities get a fair hearing, but I think it's far too early to be lining up the faithful and
passing out the kool-aid.
We need to be honest about what we don't know.
The alternative is self-deception, and that's something I'm not interested in.