Posted by
JayPeriod on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:04:01 PM
Studies have now shown that an alarming 64% of Americans now believe it is at least somewhat possible that the government had some knowledge that would have prevented the attacks of 9/11. Despite all the proof and evidence to the contrary, these people still want to believe these conspiracy theories. I guess it just goes to show some people will believe anything.
I ran across an article today on
Pajamas Media that goes into great detail how false these theories are. It takes a look at the "smoking guns" that the theorists use and points to their failure to produce the needed evidence. The article uses something most of the theorists don't use; logic.
It seems amazing to me that those who believe such tales do so in the face of such strong evidence to the contrary. They come to the table with their biases and conclusions in hand, then follow the "proofs" where they need them to go. A simple examination of the facts will generally overcome their suspicions.
In light of all the documents and testimonies, to continue to accuse these people is to ignore the fact that so many would have to be involved. Surely one would have cracked by now. All we need to do is look at Watergate to realize that.
The thing that really interest me is that they really want to put the blame on someone. That's what our society has come to, blaming someone else for everything. Interestingly, if they really wanted to blame someone, the Clinton administration is the better place to begin looking. No, I'm not talking about Clinton having bin Laden handed to him by the Somali government. I'm talking about the only thing that would have prevented this tragedy, yet is the one thing neither they nor the Clinton administration wanted to do; racial profile. With the intelligence available at the time, profiling young Arab men at airports would have stopped most, if not all, of the hijackers, spoiling their plans. A letter from VP Al Gore took care of that, though.