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Kristen Murphy (no login)
Posted Feb 26, 2007 11:34 PM
I found Thierry Meyssan's book 9/11: the Big Lie an entirely incredible piece of writing. Through parts of the book, I could see that he had some valid points. For example (and as Drew mentioned above), who profited from 9/11? What about the lack of plane parts around the Pentagon? How could an airliner get into the Pentagon's protected air space without setting off millions of alarm bells? However, there comes a point when critical and intelligent hypothesizing end and increasingly incredulous statements start. I found that I could not read through all of Meyssan's book without having to put it down, read more rational things, and then return to the vagaries of 9/11: the Big Lie. I also felt like the photos in that book were supposed to be incriminating (especially the one of Laura Bush near the end). At times, I felt like I could have added any ludicrous thing I wanted to say in there too. It seemed that at points in that book, anything was acceptable.
I highly doubt some of Meyssan's arguments such as the appointment of the new FBI director just happened to be the week of 9/11 and that the government was in on it. I have to say that as a political science major, and one who has interned in a public office, the government really does not have it together. Sure, I'll be the first to admit that there are some super efficient organizations in the intelligence area; however, I cannot see most appointees and elected officials engaging in some grandiose and universal scheme of 9/11. Just like Andrew said in another class, his father received warnings that there would be some type of attack that might happen in the US at some time. Nothing was certain and most of the agencies did not even have enough Arabic translators to find out who these hypothetical attackers were. Most government agencies and offices slosh through so much paperwork and hierarchy that they are unaware of what is going on. That was definitely clear in the 9/11 Commission Report and it mirrors my own experiences with government. |
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