9/11 - The Ultimate Con

Define terrorist though. What exactly did he do before 9/11? Was it really serious enough for them to prevent him getting on the plane? Were they even stringent enough back then to make such a fuss over it at the airport?

Originally posted by Parnell Someone can manipulate evidence to suit any agenda or political abstraction; ie, The Mary Magdalene conspiracy. We should recognise the 9/11 conspiracy theories for what they are - a psuedo-history.

Who's agenda was loose change advancing?

Of course 9/11 was a consipracy. We can be pretty certain it wasn't an accident. The official story is a consipracy theory itself -> Al Qaedia conspired to destroy the buildings. 

I agree with you, Parnell, to an extent. I however disagree with your assertion about the possible intentions of the administration allowing the attack to happen. If they allowed it to happen so that they could then go into Iraq then the Iraq war would have happened much sooner than it did. I personally think that they didn't take the threat seriously and the same can be said for the previous administration. However there is no evidence that points to any governmental conspiracy or complicity, especially when you take into that for a conspiracy that big somebody would have come out of the wood work and said something, whether it be a journalist who interviewed survivors and people in on the conspiracy (for this the journalist would most definately win a Pulitzer Price, quite the feather in the cap) or just a conspiritor with a conscience.

I personally have watched a few of the 9/11 conspiracy documentaries out there, and for a long time, I believed them. Through discussions with other people I know though, and through my own critical analysis, lots of the so-called 'evidence' proving a conspiracy can be refuted.

I have come to the conclusion that the US government possibly could have known of the attack beforehand. I am not certain, but I am inclined to believe so. What I can say for the certain though is that, according to my own beliefs, the US government has benefited immensely from 9/11 for various reasons.
   1. The US economy thrives during states of war and when preparing for war. This is due to the humongous amount of contracting that is required to fight a war. This includes contracting for weapons manufacturers, weapons production, oil to supply vehicles, ability to open up new foreign markets, and much more. This is the military-industrial context, and by using the momentum from 9/11 to attack Afghanistan, and later on Iraq, the US government has greatly satisfied various parties in our economy who benefit from war.
    2. By fighting a succsesful war, the US could ideally  obtain better control of Oil and other resources in the region.
    3. The US government is able to set up a larger prescence in the middle East, benefiting its ally Israel. This could bring various benefits such as better political stabilization in the area, a stronger military base, or even a possible Vietnamesque domino theory of democracy  in the region.

Ehh, well thats all I wrote in a hurry. I'm sure there is more...

P.S. Woot, first post!