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Originally posted by PartChimp
What good would have been gathered from government complicity in 9/11?
How does it play on the emotions or the security needs of the average American citizen? The official flight 93 story is a heroic, inspiring story. Something that the public needed to hear at the time.
Of course if the government covered it up, it is deadly wrong, but a realist should be able to see the advantage of such a fabrication for the good of the American people and their collective psyche, however miniscule it may be.
What do the American people garner from 9/11? Severe paranoia? Higher gas-prices? Dead relatives who met their fates in iraq and afghanistan or other clandestine locales in the world? You are comparing apples to oranges, it seems.
Originally posted by PartChimp
I see what you're saying; however, who is the guilty target? I think we can all agree that George Bush is no Cobra Commander. How are conspiracy theorists sure where to place the blame? In a topic chock-full of such uncertainties, wouldn't it be fair to say that our learning-challenged president knew little, if nothing about the alleged "truths" of that day? So much vehemence is thrown in the direction of the figure head of our government.
Nixon was caught on audio-tape; Clinton... well... we all know about the dress. Is Bush the puppet-master, according to your theory?
Flight 93, in my opinion, is the key to the "truth" movement sluffing off the fanatics.
Originally posted by tyranny22
they shot it down because the terrorist hate our freedom. they covered it up because Bush felt there was a lot of mistrust in Washington and he was working to elevate it.
seriously though. whether or not the flight was shot down - no one can not deny the amount of patriotic spin that was placed upon Flight 93. were they to admit it right away, it'd be direct and immediate blame placed upon the governement. why ask for trouble when you can use it for advancement of agenda.