Some of the images he uses are gruesome (such as close-up photos of JFK's head soon after the assassination) and others are laugh-out-loud ludicrous. His theories all boil down to one thing: George (W. and/or H.W.) Bush is to blame for everything wrong with this country. Somehow he even manages to drag the assassination of Abraham Lincoln into the mix.
To adequately describe a Hankey documentary, one must keep the thesaurus open to "ridiculous." Why do I subject myself to these exercises in inanity? Well, everyone needs a laugh now and then.
I could hardly wait to see Hankey's handling of 9/11. I approached the DVD with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Although mercifully short, 9-11 Justice plumbs the same depths as other Hankey efforts.
In its short run-time, 9-11 Justice indicts George W. Bush and his cronies Condoleezza Rice, Richard Myers, and Dick Cheney, as well as Larry Silverstein (Mr. World Trade Center himself), and treats viewers to images of these characters behind bars. Escapees from the Cartoon Network also make appearances, but there are no goose-stepping millionaires.
According to Hankey, the people who died in the Pentagon on 9/11 were chosen to die. The plane had a specific part of the complex chosen by the conspirators as its target. We are still waiting to hear the story of the plane that was headed toward the White House. What was that part of the conspiracy about?
Hankey cites a few of the same experts and interviewees seen in 9/11 Mysteries. He does not adequately explain why Bush and Company would want to blow up either the World Trade Center or the Pentagon, except to eliminate a few people they didn't like and a lot of evidence of financial malfeasance. Is Hankey saying there were no terrorists aboard the plane? He claims the terrorists are part of a conspiracy theory made up by G.W. Bush.
What happened on 9/11? Will we ever know who knew anything, who is ultimately responsible, and why? Or must we settle for the ravings of lunatics? Mr. Hankey is certainly not alone in his views of various conspiracies, and he has his followers. Whether any of the theories offered are correct or not (or somewhere in between), there must be a more respectful way to deal with the murder of thousands of Americans than with cartoons and hyperbole.
Article comments
1 - Lynn Voedisch
I really don't want to get into an argument with you on this. My husband knows Larry Silverstein. Not socially, but he knows him. The man is not evil and he was not out to ruin himself financially, but he is in terrible financial straits and taking down Building 7 ( if he did that) did not help him.
But I will go into no details, because the conspiracy theorists will have a loony match for every fact you give them. The bulky U.S. government was the perfect match for 19 quick-thinking terrorists run by a genius (sorry but he is) with a background in architechitural technology. These were no rubes in a cave. Quick-thinking, mobile, they thought up a plan and it worked, dancing around our hide-bound bureaucracy. And look what we replaced it with: TSA!
The bigger question to ask is why does it shock Americans so much that we were so vulnerable? Whey couldn't we be so wrong? Clinton and Richard Clarke knew we were sitting ducks and were trying to tell the Bushies that we were and the then-new administration wouldn't listen. Read "9 and Half Minutes" for a description of really happened including eyewitness accounts of survivors in the towers seeing the planes coming right at them!
More of this conspiracy arrogance and it could happen again.
2 - Jordan Richardson
why does it shock Americans so much that we were so vulnerable?
Agree 100%. It seems ludicrous that so many average Americans think they're being protected by an impenetrable forcefield guarded by angels with really big swords.
Like it or not, there are many around the world that thought America had it coming. And there were countless opportunities to both finance and plan something of this magnitude. None of us should be overly shocked that it happened. Conversely, I think we ought to be more shocked that it hasn't happened more often.
3 - Karl
The 9/11 "Truthers" (which, by the way isn't a real word and I find it funny that they use a made up word to give a sense of credibility to their theories -not a good foundation for a conspiracy) need something to stimulate their otherwise dull lives because the obvious truth is too boring or frightening for them so they create a labyrinth of deciet and lies that would have Criss Angel asking "How'd you do it?". We know -the government did it- it's always the government ,we know this ending of theirs like a very bad song that's stuck on repeat and you can't turn it off because they know it sparks an argument and people are now paying attention to them just for the argument ,but in the end, they will keep chasing the wind until the next chance to leech off another disaster so they get more airtime. They should have a special section in the library just for them- the nonfiction-fiction section and it will have all of their mystical fantasies and adventures that would have Harry Potter left in disbelief. Like they say that Bush had it done so he could attack Iraq ,they use their theories as an excuse to attack an Administration they do not like."Truthers", you can add this to your playlist of conspiracies if you have enough room with all the other "truths" you have to seek out.
4 - Karl
Conspiracy #947 -It was terrorists (I know, real shocking) I know it's not as deep and have the required 100+ scandals and the 25+ powerful political personell involved -that's why it's the perfect conspiracy _let's dig deeper into the reason why, as I know you "must knowing knowers of truther truths" want to. The Taliban knows that we Americans think of ourselves as invincible and would never think that an attack on U.S. soil could happen. So they send some suicide bombers that have aviation training (I know! who would of thought that terrorists would use some suicide bombers!) send them over here and hijack some planes and you know the rest -oh wait you don't! I forgot, because to you ,the planes never even was there (classic conspiracy thinking) and there's no way a Boeing 757 loaded with 12,000 gallons of jet fuel smashing into the trade center (r.i.p to all our heroes ,civilians and in uniform) at a speed of 400mph causing a huge explosion and taking out 7 floors could cause enough stress causing the upper floors to callapse due to inadequate support to the upper floors, that's just crazy talk. Actually ,you know what, you're theory sounds so much more right, it has to be a network of u.s. citizens that includes the President,Army,Navy,F.B.I.,C.I.A.,BMV, and Johnny Ray's Fish and Tackle. It has to be, because an attack by the America hating Taliban just doesn't make any sense. It has to be the logical Truthier truth that's backed up with concrete evidence and it's not all of your other conspiracies always link back to our government in some way.