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Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by A Fortiori
Why, indeed? Apparently they didn't ask you for targeting information when they decided to show DoD that they were not immune from attack either. Don't let your own reasoning cloud the issues.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by A Fortiori
A Fortior, I like your Option B.
However, in a reply to my post, you wrote this:
Also you mentioned Columbia Pike. The Pike runs fairly close to parallel to the river, the path they flew is perpendicular.
I currently live here.
I'm not talking about the geography here out of my posterior. Anyone with "Google Map" capability will see the error there. It's not a big deal, EXCEPT it kinda-sorta is, because it is these kinds of small 'mistakes' that grow and fester into larger ones, and cloud the issue.
This confused me too:
According to the 9-11 transcripts they were supposedly terrible pilots. If you're not Maverick, then why hit the Pentagon with the Capital building is in full range?
Please re-read my post.
DC really has no 'skyline', per se. The Capitol Building is easily spotted, at the end of the Mall. The WH has the Ellipse, and of course the Washington Monument nearby, but still, from an altitude of even a few thousand feet, the WH is extremely tiny in comparison.
The Pentagon is quite large. Low profile, yes, but a familiarity with the river, the bridges, the proximity to national Airport --- and of course Columbia Pike (accurately, Virginia State Route 244).
Originally posted by A Fortiori
If you had to hit something in DC to inspire fear and terror then why not hit the Mall, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial...
....and take out some school children while you're at it?
I'm sorry, but that's just vile.
We would take the Pike into Arlington. It follows the river in that area, meaning parallel, curving slightly south then dipping into Arlington.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by A Fortiori
We would take the Pike into Arlington. It follows the river in that area, meaning parallel, curving slightly south then dipping into Arlington.
Sorry, dear, it's just not....though it may seem so, when driving along at ground level.
Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by A Fortiori
And since they set the precedence of attacking the Pentagon, how have you factored that in? Note also that the terrorists are adaptable and continuously change tactics.
Originally posted by jthomas
There is no issue of "negative proof" involved here. Got that, finally?
Originally posted by jthomas
All Lillydale has to do is show us how she knows that NO passenger bodies were found at the crash scene.
Originally posted by jthomas
You can provide no reason whatsoever why anyone should think the passengers' bodies did not exist. You can provide no reason to claim that the passenger bodies were not located and identified. None. Zero. Nada.
Originally posted by Jezus
"show us..that NO passenger bodies were found"
Don't you see how ridiculous this statement is?
Originally posted by pteridine
As to waiting to see all of the evidence; that may be fruitless. Can you name an event where "all the evidence" is available?
Originally posted by pteridine
Politicians provide clear contradictions at a moment's notice. It is in their job descriptions to do so while angling for a bit of the spotlight.
Originally posted by pteridine
Based on what you have seen so far, what do you think is the most likely Pentagon scenario?
Originally posted by jthomas
Originally posted by Jezus
"show us..that NO passenger bodies were found"
Don't you see how ridiculous this statement is?
Then you will tell Lillydale to retract her claim that she knows there "were no passengers bodies at the crash?"
You'd better get to it, Jezus. Times a-wasting!
You don't follow roads, do you? (Serious question).
Originally posted by pteridine
"Off topic and pointless specualtion. I don't have all the evidence surrounding the Pentagon, therefore I am not silly enough to proclaim that
I know what happened there."
-----Actually on topic. You want all the evidence to determine what happened at the Pentagon and have no working hypothesis.
Originally posted by pteridine
-----It proves nothing of the sort. It shows only that politicians talk before they think. The casual reader will note that Tezza has come to an illogical conclusion and is not the unbiased, disinterested party that he claims to be.
It looks as though the flight path is not NOC...
...and the only anomaly is the 180' altitude on the barometric altimeter "above the light poles."
Pentagon Ahp Heliport
General Type: Heliport, Status: Operational, Ownership: Army ovned, Facility Use: Private, Site Number: 03006.4*H, Location ID: JPN, Region: Eastern, District Office: DCA, Aeronautical sectional chart: Washington, Tie-In FSS: No, Tie-In FSS ID: DCA, Tie-In FSS Name: Leesburg, Tie-In FSS Toll-Free Number: 1-800-WX-BRIEF, Elevation: 40 ft, Elevation determination method: Estimated, Elevation Source: MILITARY (2003-08-22)...
...The terrain beneath the estimated flight path takes the aircraft slopes down, with Washington Boulevard situated 10+ feet higher than the Pentagon.
What is the response time and accuracy for such an instrument?
Originally posted by tezzajw
No, pteridine. It was off topic. You asked me if there were other events that had all the evidence available. This thread is not about other events, it's about the Pentagon situation.
Politicians have told conflicting stories about the Pentagon situation, so that's enough for me to know that not all of the evidence has been revealed.
It proves that there are conflicting reports from politicians. Something's being hidden. It's a logical conclusion and your inability not to follow it is your loss, not mine.
Originally posted by pteridine
You have no inkling of what happened, yet you defend CIT and PfT at every turn. Why is that? Do you have a bias?
Originally posted by pteridine
It is illogical to conclude that there is a coverup based on inconsistencies in political press conferences.
Originally posted by tezzajw
Politicians have told conflicting stories about the Pentagon situation, so that's enough for me to know that not all of the evidence has been revealed.
It proves that there are conflicting reports from politicians. Something's being hidden. It's a logical conclusion and your inability not to follow it is your loss, not mine.