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Originally Posted by Staypuft
I do wonder though what your take is, Lanny, on the involvement of terrorists in 9/11, if any?
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My belief is that when the plan for the attack was originally discovered (in 1998) that it was studied and leveraged. I think that there was an element who had access to the information and knew how the attack was to take place, and they used that to their advantage.
From the information that I have reviewed I get the indication that the plan was to go after the WTC only. They (Yousef and company from 1993) had originally believed that they could take out the foundation and cause one tower to topple over into the next and cause a domino effect. When that was unsuccessful they decided to take a different approach and inflict as much damage on it as possible. They did not believe that the buildings would collapse using this attack, based on Yousef's (the guy who planned the whole thing) own testimony. The players involved in the plan were all in the country and were all under observation, according to FBI files. I think this was an opportunity.
I think that this plot was leveraged to consolidate power and make certain people and industries a lot of money. I think that with the knowledge of this plot was used to generate their new Pearl Harbor or Gulf of Tonkin incident. To make it even more outrageous, the concept of the attack on the pillars of America was dreamed up. By adding in the Pentagon and the Capitol/White House, you make the plot seem like it was an all out attack on everything that is American. Unfortuante it does not jive with the information that Yousef turned over to the Phillippine authorities, and what was later turned over to the American government.
I think the government knew the plan was taking place and they did what they could to make sure it was going to be a success, garnering them everything they had hoped for in the years leading up to the election. I think this included organizing a massive number of military exercises on the day (15), included the manufactured photo op in Florida (President was out of harms way and provided a diversion), included the demolition of all three WTC towers (the President's brother provided security for the WTC complex facilitating access to the buildings), and the attack on the Pentagon (on the fortified and almost empty side of the building to minimize casualties). The terrorist attack was real, but the government knew it was coming and did everything they could to make sure it was not stopped and lead to success.
That's how I see it anyways. Too many coincidences happened that were controlable by a select few people. Too many trails all lead to the same door. It's not that complex as most of it is misdirection, which we know the White House has been masterful at over the past six years. It's not a hugely complex conspiracy theory, and it just leverages the assets that certain people had at their disposal. That's the beauty of the plan, is that it is so simple and uses pieces already in play to cover their tracks.