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Why?

• whatshisface 14y ago
  Simply stating what you believe is frowned upon here, you are supposed to include your reasons. The basic assumption that we all hold about our opinions is that everyone else would believe in them too if they knew the facts we did, so it is best to accompany all statements of opinion with a logical argument for their validity.
  • Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
    Rules are made to broken (especially on a site called Hacker News) ;-) Plus I don't think jacquesm's "Please leave" has anything to do with the rules. Anyway, out of the numerous reasons I believe 9/11 was an inside job, here's my favorite: 1. On 9/10 David Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defense, hold a pres conference (it's on CNN.com, etc.) and stated there are 2.3 trillion dollars, that the Pentagon cannot account for. 2. On 9/11 a part of the Pentagon, including the budget analysis department rooms, was destroyed. Most of the victims were accountants. 3. Same day WTC building 7 (not mentioned in 9/11 commission report, not investigated by any other authority) was destroyed in NY. Pentagon's primary financial information backup site was inside. One out of the many, many "coincidences" on 9/11 ...
    • pyre 14y ago
      Re: Item 1 and Item 2 Are you claiming that the government 'whipped up' the terrorist attack in under 24 hours?
      • Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
        No, a possible scenario is there was a group of Pentagon employes that knew about the missing money and were pushing for investigation for months. 9/11 was (among other targets) a way to delay the investigation, eliminate key people/evidence and give a lesson to the rest.