After all, the new truth would be so shocking that we would have to question our political and government system. Could there have been such malevolence somewhere in our government? Did a monumental conspiracy push us into attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq? Did petroleum and corporate interests shape 9/11?
Like other groups, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth wants a new, honest and comprehensive study that considers all the evidence for controlled demolition. As a former engineering professor with growing skepticism about the official WTC story I share their concerns. First, let the technical truth emerge. Then, if necessary, cope with the inevitable political, conspiracy and other questions. But let us not allow a possible painful truth block the primary task of determining once and for all what caused the collapse of the WTC towers and building no. 7.
If there were non-Muslim forces – possibly U.S. government ones – that played a major role in the WTC catastrophe, then let us have the courage to face the truth. Suppose some element of our government played a secret, awful role. If we do not uncover it, then we are vulnerable to repeat nefarious and unimaginable activity in the future – possibly to impact the 2008 presidential election. Discovering 9/11 truth would enshrine the wisdom of the old adage: the truth hurts. That means suffering the pain of revealing lies and cover-ups. Mourning over the deaths of building victims and heroic first responders would expand with new anger. And another reason to hate and oppose the Iraq war would surface.
If those that believe the official 9/11 story – especially elected officials – trust their views, then let them support a serious effort to test the validity of the controlled demolition hypothesis. If they fear and reject doing so, then let us see that as suspicious and unacceptable.
To sum up, horrific possible answers can cause us to shun a question. But clearing our minds of the fear of painful truths is essential to clearing our nation of destructive lies. Otherwise, we stay stuck in a delusional democracy.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Dave Nalle
Painful truth? More like painfully delusional. For those not eager to prove themselves as gullible as the author of this piece I'd recommend some reading at Debunking 911.
Dave
2 - JustOneMan
oh no....not this crap again!!!!
3 - John
Dude that debunking page has been debunked so many times, it's silly.. Me, like MANY others, will never go back to believing the "Official 911 story" which you guys ALWAYS try and shove down our throats.
Buildings made of concrete and steel can't just pulverize to dust from a fire burning in less then in hour. Use common sense.
And why did NORAD stand down?
Face it.. 9/11 was a false flag attack.
4 - Mark Schannon
I think you need more evidence to support your theory than a "trust me, there's lots of stuff on other websites." A claim this unusual (like the JFK conspiracy theorists) needs substantiation.
In Jameson Veritas
5 - moonraven
As proof that the OP is correct about the unwillingness of the folks in the US to face the truth: the firestorm that has occurred every time I have indicated that only Dick Cheney had motive, opportunity and means to coordinate 9/11--not any foreigner and certainly not a foreigner living supposedly in a cave in Afghanistan with a dialysis machine.
Cheney had perhaps a little help from George Bush Padre--who also raked in big bucks because of 9/11.
It's so obvious anyone living outside the US saw it on 9/11 itself.
So why is everyone hiding his head in the sand and demanding evidence, when simple logic indicates who did it, why and how?
You tell me--never had my head there for one moment. Nor in my ass....
6 - E Ryno
There is tons of evidence that the towers were brought down with controlled demolition and zero evidence that fire brought them down.
As far as JFK, guess you missed E Howard Hunt's death bed confession in Rolling Stone's April 07 edition. Google it and read it.
How anyone can believe anything that the bush cabal pushes at us through their billion dollar pr expenditures is beyond me.
7 - Christopher Rose
My understanding is that a controlled demolition of three such large buildings would have taken several weeks of work to install enough explosives.
Hmm, what to believe? A bunch of terrorists made a daring attack on the USA or there was a conspiracy at the highest level of the US Government to stage an atrocity against their own people for commercial motives without anybody noticing a thing and managing to keep it a secret too?
I'm no fan of the Bush 2 administration and would be very surprised, in a sick way rather impressed, if anybody associated with it had either the brains or the balls to pull off such a thing. Lacking any inside knowledge, I'm not saying categorically that they didn't but it sure seems implausible.
8 - moonraven
What you fail to get is that it is the ONLY plausible scenario.
Besides, the CIA has had LOTS of experience doing those controlled demolitions. And they had an office in the WTC--until a few days before 9/11. It doesn't take that much intelligence--pun intended--when you have all the time in the world and experts in the task on the payroll.
9 - lLumpy
Do the 911 loonies never give up? The fact that supposedly educated people continue to believe and perpetuate this crap is a aad commentary on our education system and general lack of common sense in our population.
Have these people never even seen a controlled demolition? There's video of the towers going down and it bears no resemblance at all to controlled demo.
And here's another hint. demolition explosives don't generate enough heat by themselves to melt steel any more than jet fuel fires do. And the magnesium residue is consistent with the level in concrete not what would be there if thermite were used.
Here's an experiment for u to try. Take a small steel rod and start bending it back and forth until it breaks. Did u use thermite or bombs to do it? No. Torsion pressure was enough to break it and to generate enough heat to soften it substantially. +hat do u think happens when all the potential energy of a 767 moving at over 300mph is transfered into some steel beams and then fire causes more and more loose material to start sliding down them. Friction and tortion are more than enough to soften the metal.
10 - Doug Hunter
"The fact that supposedly educated people continue to believe and perpetuate this crap"
Many conspiracy theorists I know in person seem to be rather proud of their intellect. I think believing a conspiracy enables to them to think they're smarter, that they can see things that others can't. Basically it's an ego trip for them.
Others just spread the lies for propaganda purposes, scaring the sheeple over to their side. Take your pick on the poster of this article.
11 - Clavos
From the author's bio at the bottom of the article:
"Author of Delusional Democracy..."
Good enough for me.
12 - Dave Nalle
Christopher gets to the heart of it. I'd believe that someone in the Bush administration might suggest something like the WTC attack, but pulling it off would be completely beyond them, and pulling it off AND keeping the hundreds involved in it silent all this time. Utterly impossible.
Dave
13 - Baritone
Bah, humbug!
14 - Matthew T. Sussman
We may need a garbage bag of popcorn to see how the comments unfold here.
Butter, anyone?
15 - Dave Nalle
I think excessive butter residue from microwaved popcorn is what weakened the columns in the WTC.
Dave
16 - Clavos
That's why you never want to yell "Butter!!" in a crowded theater.
17 - Matthew T. Sussman
Descendants of Orville Reddenbacher have just been put on the No Fly list.
18 - Al Barger
Yes, a classic dilemna: who am I gonna believe, Joel Hirschorn or my own lying eyes. The conspiracy theories here are six kinds of stupid right on the face. We KNOW exactly the names of those who did the deed and where they came from. We know HOW they did it. We got it on VIDEO.
Yet, polls seem to indicate that something like 25% of the American public believe some form of an inside job conspiracy theory. Yet they are allowed to vote, and influence public policy. And their votes count as much as mine.
Parker and Stone summed it up nicely on South Park by concluding that, yes, 25% of the country are retarded.
19 - Polly
The Bush gang doesn't have the organizational skills to have had anything to do with bringing down the twin towers. They even faked their role in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Every move made by the US since Clinton left office has been orchestrated by 10 Downing Street. There's a sucker born every minute in the US.
20 - Polly
Parker and Stone are way off the mark. 90% of the population is low fuctioning and 7% are just getting by.
21 - CB_Brooklyn
A 9/11 lawsuit is being filed by former Chief Economist of the US Dept of Labor, Dr Morgan Reynolds. The US District Court in Southern NY recently unsealed the case and Reynolds' attorney, Jerry Leaphart, is now notifying the Defendants.
Some of the Defendants include Boeing, American Airlines, and United Airlines.
See here for unsealed case PDF:
Click here
22 - Doug Hunter
Another reason we seriously need reform of our legal system. Regulation by litigation is getting very old and extremely intrusive.
23 - medicis
It is interesting that so many who attack the folks who believe 9/11 was a false flag characteristically rely upon ridicule, derision and ad hominem attacks. It is also interesting that failing to achieve credibility using the former, they then utilize (well-bunked) pseudo-scientific criticisms if they attempt any arguments at all.
The U.S. as well as other nations have a long history of using false flag attacks to compel their populaces into wars - typically for the financial benefit of an elite few. At the expense of the people in terms of money, resources and dead sons and daughters. Unwittingly, citizens make such sacrifices over and over again because they are so easily manipulated by fear. And it is also the fear engendered by having to confront the possibility that much of everything they thought they 'knew' about their country and government is also a lie that sends them retreating back into their safe consensus trance. That perpetuates the lie. And they will do everything they can to protect it.
The approximate 33% of Americans who have been courgeous enough to confront the lie have awakened to the realization that Americans have been duped into supporting wars in two countries for the theft of oil resources in service of the neocon dreams of global hegemony; i.e., the "unipolar world". That the next illegal war of aggression for resources will be directed against Iran. That they have been duped and terrified into giving up essential Constitutional rights in service of the false and endless 'war on terror'. None of this would have been possible without the psyop event known as 9/11.
There was a good reason why Orwell had the 'people' in Animal Farm represented by Sheep. "The farm animals who inhabit the Manor Farm are mistreated and abused by Farmer Jones. The animals rebel, expel Jones, and take over the farm, which they rename Animal Farm. Soon, however, the pigs (who represent the party bosses) begin to take special privileges for themselves, e.g. extra food. They enlist the farm's dogs as enforcers to put down any dissent, and they teach the sheep (rank and file) to speak the party line on demand. "
'Sheep' is indeed an apt descriptor for those who can't find the courage to honestly examine the events of 9/11 and who can only endlessly repeat the 'party line'. Of course, it is not entirely the sheep's fault. They have been endlessly indoctrinated by a main stream media that endlessly parrots the Pigs' official line or otherwise distracts them with pablum about Paris Hilton, the girl in Aruba and Michael Jackson; i.e., the created 'sensation' of the moment.
To see a listing of courageous Americans - Senior Military, Intelligence Service, Law Enforcement, and Government Officials; Engineers and Architects; Pilots and Aviation Professionals; University Professors; Survivors and Family Members; Entertainment and Media Professionals who have been courageous enough to voice their criticisms of the 'Official Government Conspiracy Theory' go to Patriots Question 9/11
And remember, 33% equals about 100 million of us.
dr rdw
forensic neuropsychologist
24 - Clavos
Oy, these people are tiresome.
25 - Christopher Rose
Not only tiresome but speaking with forked tongues.
I don't think it would have been possible for a major project as the deliberate blowing up of three buildings with explosives would have been possible to achieve without anybody noticing. Nor do I believe it would have been possible to maintain a secret of such enormity.
So what if 100 million Americans believe it? Even more of them believe in imaginary superbeings! Americans spend too long working to habe enough time to think about anything. Productivity is the enemy of the people!
Mwuahahahahahahaa