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ThatsJustWeird, when I say, or anyone else here, says "inside job," or "government involvement," we're not ignorantly suggesting that all government employees orchestrated 9/11. What we mean, just so you know, is that the higher-up officials and heads of intelligence, etc., were involved in its planning an execution. "Government" is just easier to say than all of that jazz. It goes understood that everyone knows what we mean.
You say the Bush Admin couldn't have brought in so many corrupt people with it, because only so many changed when Bush arrived.
I agree with AlwaysLearning, as would any educated person, and say the gov's been corrupt for years, citing examples of scandals.
Thereby you totally switched points, and therefore this is totally irrelevant
didn't think that was too hard to understand
Do you deny that Teapot Dome, Watergate, Iran-Contra, Ruby Ridge, or Waco took place?
If not, do you think all 3 million employees participated in each event?
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
I asked people did they realize they're saying that the incomplete Bush administration had less than 9 months to carry out the greatest attack on American soil yet carried it out perfectly. Extremely unlikely.
In the early-1990s, there was a group of ideologues and power-politicians on the fringe of the Republican Party's far-right. The members of this group in 1997 would found The Project for the New American Century (PNAC); their aim was to prepare for the day when the Republicans regained control of the White House -- and, it was hoped, the other two branches of government as well -- so that their vision of how the U.S. should move in the world would be in place and ready to go, straight off-the-shelf into official policy.
This PNAC group was led by such heavy hitters as Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, James Woolsey, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Bill Kristol, James Bolton, Zalmay M. Khalilzad, William Bennett, Dan Quayle, Jeb Bush, most of whom were movers-and-shakers in previous Administrations, then in power-exile, as it were, while Clinton was in the White House. But even given their reputations and clout, the views of this group were regarded as too extreme to be taken seriously by the mainstream conservatives that controlled the Republican Party.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
What are you saying on this new thread that couldn't have been said in the original one?
Originally posted by wecomeinpeace
While you should feel free to add a comment with your vote, I also humbly request that we keep this thread free from debates on the issue itself and thereby attempt to avoid an atmosphere where members feel intimidated for their vote.
State your case, defened your position, stand up for your ideological stance. Debate forum for political ideologies.
I know that most people mean that, however there are quite a few who don't know the difference. I'm making sure you know.
Dude, that's what I'm saying.
There are over 3 million people in the federal government (not including contractors and military). YOU'RE the one saying those 3 million+ planned and carried out the attacks if you're blaming the government.
The government has close to 3,000,000 employees. You didn't think all 3 mil are part of the Bush admin did you?
ThatsJustWeird, when I say, or anyone else here, says "inside job," or "government involvement," we're not ignorantly suggesting that all government employees orchestrated 9/11. What we mean, just so you know, is that the higher-up officials and heads of intelligence, etc., were involved in its planning an execution. "Government" is just easier to say than all of that jazz. It goes understood that everyone knows what we mean.
Originally posted by bsbray11
You began suggested that if anyone in the government knew about 9/11 before it happened, all 3 million people would have to know about it.
All the scandals/cover-ups I mentioned were orchestrated by the government or one or more of its agencies. They all happened, carried out by the government
You mean I was stating that "all 3 million would NOT have known about it. That's all I was stating.
Can you prove that?
Not that there were cover ups in those incidents, but that they government purposly orchestrated all of those.
In 1922, the reserves were still under the jurisdiction of Edwin Denby, the Secretary of the Navy. Denby himself was part of the Ohio Gang, and was easily convinced by Fall to give jurisdiction over the reserves to his department. Fall then illegally leased the rights to the oil to Harry F. Sinclair of Sinclair Oil (then known as Mammoth Oil) without competitive bidding. Concurrently, Fall also leased the Naval oil reserves at Elk Hills, California to Edward L. Doheny of Pan American Petroleum in exchange for personal loans at no interest. In return for leasing these oil fields to the respective oil magnates Fall received "gifts" from the oilmen totaling about $400,000. Fall attempted to keep his actions secret but his sudden improvements in standard of living drew speculation.
The United States Department of Justice's report recommended criminal prosecution of federal agents, though nothing has come of this. The surviving members of the Weaver family received a $3.1 million settlement.
The causes of the fatal fire are disputed. Government officials claim that the fires were intentionally set by Koresh and his followers as a suicidal act. Others claim that the fire was caused by the FBI's use of flammable CS gas grenades injected into the wooden buildings. The multiple starting points for the fire were arguably more easily accessible from outside the complex. There also exist claims that the CS gas was mixed with methylene chloride, a chemical that is flammable and can become explosive in confined spaces. Uncontested, however, is the fact that CS gas was employed even though the United States, along with 130 other countries, has signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, which also bans this gas's use in warfare.