On the 27th of February, 1933, the building that housed the German Parliament caught fire. The Reichstag Fire, as it became known, was set by one individual. The Nazis used this to take control of the entire country. On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked and bombed American ships docked at Pearl Harbor. Though the US government knew that there were plans for an attack somewhere in the Pacific, they didn’t know the time or the location. The Americans used this attack to enter into World War II.
On August 2, 1964, an erroneous radar reading indicated that our ships in the Gulf of Tonkin were under attack. While it was later revealed to be a mistake, our ships actually were attacked days later. The United States used this to enter the Vietnam War. On September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked in American airspace. Two were flown into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, one was flown into the Pentagon, and another crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The Bush administration used this to initiate wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now, you may be sitting in front of your computer screen, trying to figure out what these four events have to do with each other – I don’t blame you. Well, amongst conspiracy theorists, all four are examples of false flag operations. They believe that all four events were orchestrated by the main benefactors — Nazis, Allied Forces, US war machine, and the Bush administration, respectively — in order to bring about the desired political or social results. Basically, they believe that governments are willing to kill and maim their own people, simply to get what they want.
This is where Loose Change comes into play. Loose Change is a video that showed up for the first time in 2005. After being spread across the Internet, the movie got three revisions, the most recent of which comes out on September 22. Loose Change is a movie that promotes the idea that 9/11 was an inside job, and that somebody implied to be within the Bush administration was behind it. While they don’t really go into the reasoning for this false flag, it is implied that Bush simply wanted to get rid of Saddam Hussein.
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— go to most recent comments1 - Fran
Well written review Robert. I may not buy into all of the 'conspiracy theory' in the movie, or your take, but I certainly enjoyed reading your review of it. Thanks!
2 - Shock
I hear they include Sunjata's essay in the extras. AWESOME! Great undebunkable piece of writing. Amazing work Dylan.
3 - Elvira Black
Nice job, Robert.
4 - barga
Thank you Elvira
5 - Jerry
looks good!
6 - yellow publishing
if you don't start thinking for yourselves soon there will be hell to pay.
7 - Jet Gardner
A belated happy mother's day
8 - Robert M. Barga
@7 huh?
9 - Bob's ego
Huh?? Now Bob, we both know mother was here.
She knows we've been a naughty boy! And she almost let the cat out of the bag..
10 - Robert M. Barga
I assume that you are calling me 'bob' and that you are referring to a deleted comment (I did not ask for it to be removed, fyi).
I am not Bob, but if you want to call me that, that is cool. As for the comment, it is not here anymore, so it is not relevant.
11 - Cindy
lol @ #7
Must have been puzzling until you figured it out, Robert.
12 - Cindy
oh right, I was laughing at #8...ooops.
13 - Robert M. Barga
I was just confused about what it was referring to, as I thought the comment was removed quickly and nobody saw it
14 - Cindy
It still shows up in the 'fresh comments' even after it's removed from the thread. I saw part of it.
15 - Robert M. Barga
oh, that could be why
interesting
thanks Cindy
16 - enthusiast
history is a funny thing
17 - Robert M. Barga
If you read the article, they found 'pebbles' that are either caused by thermite OR by a high explosive force that melts iron
we already know that there was melted iron (kenetic energy has some power)...
18 - enthusiast
Sorry Robert, where does the article mention 'pebbles'?
Are you suggesting that the kinetic energy of the plane melted iron?
19 - Robert M. Barga
I assume the article mentioned is the one that appeared in new scientist several years ago.
I am suggesting that kinetic energy of the towers collapsing, mixed with the heat from the fires, melted steel. We both know that the fires themselves could not melt it
20 - enthusiast
I'm afraid I gave all my New Scientist magazines to Freecycle some time ago!
Here's an important paper from earlier this year, maybe this is the one you mean?
Also, you may be interested to hear NIST actually deny evidence for molten steel at the site.
21 - Robert M. Barga
doesn't mean i buy that they deny it
22 - James McLue
"hey also believe that the hundreds of governmental employees that would be involved could be quiet. "
Just because we don't know the "how" of how it was done, does not mean we can assume *thousands* of people *had* to be involved. You'll tell me that God did it next. Investigation is the *only* way forward.
If the explosive evidence is true, then sure, with even the most closed minds, you'd want to know how that stuff got into the dust of the towers? After all, there were no explosives on the plane...At least there are not on the flights I travel on...
Peace.
23 - Robert M. Barga
Okay, how do you have a government plot without these hundreds invovled?
The dust is not just from explosives
24 - Awe
Terrible review. Biased and poorly written. More of a hit piece than anything else. All these experts can't be liars and crack pots...
25 - Carol Brouillet
I disagree with Robert Barga's review, but then I did organize premieres of Loose Change- Final Cut and the most recent- Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup. I also organized the first march demanding a congressional investigation of 9/11 and have witnessed the cover-up, as well as an increasing number of admissions that the 9/11 Commission itself was "set-up to fail" and decided to lie to the public about what happened.
I did not think very highly of Loose Cahnange version 1 when I saw it, nor version II. Dylan Avery was young and didn't really do all the homework he should have done to make a solid documentary, but then that was not his original intent. Originally the film he was making was supposed to be fictional. He has matured greatly over the years and done a considerable amount of research, and consulted with some of the top 9/11 researchers. He has also done some genuine investigative reporting himself. The latest Loose Change documentary reflects someone who has taken the time to look beneath the myths and legends sold to a gullible, manipulated public, to the actual historical events. False flag operations are not taught in school, nor is how the CIA operates common knowledge, nor covert operations.
Many people who join the truth movement are upset by the facts that they encounter and start studying the topic, in hopes of proving uncomfortable facts to be wrong. When they discover that the facts are real facts, and that they have been lied to, by the media, in school, they are moved to learn more and challenge the more blatant lies continue to be told to expand wars and the already bloated military budget.
I believe the intent of the film is to get people to think more critically and question the corporate spin used time and time again to get people to support wars, and the elimination of fundamental civil rights. The film is a wake up call. If it challenges your view of history, perhaps it is time for you to reexamine the past, and discover what the latest research reveals.