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Originally posted by seewithyourmind2012
.then the 4 Israelis caught with explosives on the George Washington Bridge! NO news on that.=/
I am in no way smart enough to debate your position,...
4:27:11 AM
Reports from New York are saying three people have been arrested with a van of explosives.
The van was stopped along the New Jersey turn-pike near the George Washington Bridge.
4:34:43 AM
NYPD officers have confirmed the arrest of three men on the New Jersey turn-pike.
However officials denied any explosives were found in the van.
This is my thoughts on 911 as person not from the usa,...
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...invade iraq.911 was the steping stone into iraq no 911 no war its that simple
we were all duped
Originally posted by weedwhacker
YES!! The "NEO-cons" that resided in the upper echelons of US Government took the 9/11 attacks as a "carte blanche" to further their agenda.
9/11 literally 'fell into their laps'!! The current (last few years) attempt to lay "blame" of 9/11 on Government insiders seems to be missing the bigger picture, here.
The "NEO-cons" had an event 'handed' to them!!! They took it, and ran with it. Twisting the facts, in order to 'justify' the Iraqi invasion....
THAT IS the 'conspiracy', folks!!!!!
ALL of this 'truther' stuff about 9/11??? Smokescreen.......
I note that the second Tower to be hit collapsed first. Why? Seems obvious -- the damage was lower than on the other Tower, hence the weight above was greater.
I just cannot reconcile a "planned" demolition as being necessary for any imagined 'NEO-con' evil government purposes. The horror of the airplanes being used as weapons was sufficient.
I highly recommend to read my previous post again because I was embedded with pre 9/11 terrorists. Who better to describe then actual first hand experience?
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by libertytoall
I highly recommend to read my previous post again because I was embedded with pre 9/11 terrorists. Who better to describe then actual first hand experience?
I will read, and re-read your post.
My point is -- the so-called 'truthers' refuse to acknowledge an outside "force" in the 9/11 events. They continue to claim it was an internal, US Government plot, all along.
Your mention of "terrorists" is going to give the "truthers" conniption fits!!!
I will repeat, either what I've already posted on this thread, or perhaps on another: The concept of some immense Government cover-up is just, well....smoke and mirrors thinking. Sure, there was some CYA going on....but, that was AFTER THE FACT!!!! NO ONE wanted to get the blame for missing the parts of the puzzle....NO ONE wanted to stand alone as THE reason for the lax security, and the subsequent attacks!!!!
Finger-pointing abounded, and still abounds. HENCE, we now see fringe-element 'conspiracy' theories abounding. It is inevitable, given the circumstances.
Slightly OT, but just peer into the immediate reaction of certain ATS members when a "mysterious" crash occurs, over the Atlantic Ocean....I'm talking about Air France 447, of course.
EVEN before any verifiable reports came in, the ATS community jumped on it!!!! (I, with experience, also commented. BUT, I also did NOT comment on some of the more outrageous notions....)
The events of 9/11 evoke a similar pattern.....albeit, with the passage of more time, even more outrageous "theories" are put out there, on the Internet, for all to ponder......
Originally posted by Redpillblues
sorry but i'm starting to think that your just stirring the pot a bit..From what I remember seeing the architect saying the towers were built to withstand two impacts..I may be wrong..
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by Solar.Absolution
Who in there right mind in the 1970's would hae built a tower too withstand more than one jet impact at a time.
www.scribd.com...
Frank A. Demartini, on-site construction manager for the World Trade Center, spoke of the resilience of the towers in an interview recorded on January 25, 2001.
The building was designed to have a fully loaded 707 crash into it. That was the largest plane at the time. I believe that the building probably could sustain multiple impacts of jetliners because this structure is like the mosquito netting on your screen door -- this intense grid -- and the jet plane is just a pencil puncturing that screen netting. It really does nothing to the screen netting.
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by 12m8keall2c
Yeah he specifically says one fully loaded 707, not a fully loaded 747. Then he says he BELIEVES it could withstand more, not that he has any proof that it can.
Also, what happens when you hold your screen in a bucket of jet fuel and light it on fire?