No doubt in my mind that a jet airplane driven
into a high rise can bring the whole building
down. Why does every thing have to be a conspiracy?
It's the consequences and fallout after the event that have fueled the ideas that there's been something more insidious afoot than the mere act of taking down the buildings. The clampdown on civil liberties, the excuse to start a seemingly open-ended war, especially in a country (Iraq) that had no involvement with the terrorist act committed, nor the WMD's which were the "official" excuse to start this war, [nevermind that any WMD's that might have existed at one time or another may well have been stamped: MADE IN USA from the time when we practiced the political art of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The picture of Donald Rumsfeld as Reagan's envoy to Saddam is quite telling. At least so far it is only speculation at least, of extending this war to Iran. Further, the pervasive attitude that any questioning or deviance from the "party line" automatically brands you as being "un-American" or "un-Patriotic" and therefore suspect. All the fine-print details in the so called PATRIOT act have people concerned. Nevermind the legal-limbo status of people at Guantanamo, surveillance pushing the envelope of legality, and so on.
One effect of this, imho, is that it was done, or allowed to happen, was to legitimize the Bush presidency. Go back to the 2000 campaign and election and all of the belief present at that time that he "stole" the election from Al Gore who had won the popular vote. Shortly after The Comedy Channel was airing a program That's my Bush which lampooned the President and made his foibles a laughingstock. Up until 10 September 2001 Bush was considered a real lightweight and maybe not so articulate. After 9/11 the whole attitude changed, he was the commander-in-chief at a time of national crisis. Merely an observation...
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