Grieves
Senior Member
Once more, because the NIST report is pretty believable in spite of its failings (six years concocting an explanation for building 7 without thorough examination of physical evidence strikes me as a major failure... if they weren't spending those 6 years examining building 7 steel, what the hell where they doing with them?), is composed in language that appeals to you as scientifically literate skeptic, and is backed by authorities you believe to be on your side. Also, coming to the conclusion the NIST reports aren't accurate/adequate would mean coming to the conclusion you might have been wrong all this time, which you, or other scientifically literate skeptics/ members of the scientific community who espoused the official account from the start, may have difficulty coming to terms with. It's also a considerable, even frightening shift in perspective, to come to view such a horrible event as a brilliant, financially/politically motivated global Mind-Fuck as opposed to an entirely senseless act of terrorism that served no grander purpose than to kill thousands of people and get the perpetrators themselves hunted down and killed.
From the standpoint of motive alone:
Osama's: Step 1: kill thousands in the name of Jihad. Step 2: spread fear, imperil freedom. Step 3: ??? Step 4: profit.
M.I.C: Step 1: destroy one of the largest repositories of financial records/data on internal investigations of military spending in America, while traumatizing the nation in such a way to allay all suspicion from that destruction with the deaths of thousands. Step 2: Blame for this attack the dominant opposing cultural force on the planet, I.E Muslims/Islam, now calling it 'terrorism'. Step 3: espouse, promote, and eagerly engage in a long-running series of wars against 'terrorist' countries, to the colossal financial benefit of the M.I.C., in spite of the blatant illegality of these conflicts, an aspect of them which the traumatized populace is willing to ignore for a sense of security. Step 4: Profit. Immensely.
From the standpoint of motive alone:
Osama's: Step 1: kill thousands in the name of Jihad. Step 2: spread fear, imperil freedom. Step 3: ??? Step 4: profit.
M.I.C: Step 1: destroy one of the largest repositories of financial records/data on internal investigations of military spending in America, while traumatizing the nation in such a way to allay all suspicion from that destruction with the deaths of thousands. Step 2: Blame for this attack the dominant opposing cultural force on the planet, I.E Muslims/Islam, now calling it 'terrorism'. Step 3: espouse, promote, and eagerly engage in a long-running series of wars against 'terrorist' countries, to the colossal financial benefit of the M.I.C., in spite of the blatant illegality of these conflicts, an aspect of them which the traumatized populace is willing to ignore for a sense of security. Step 4: Profit. Immensely.