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Psylo, I just have to say that none of your damaging "evidence" has come from the credible sources. The short-selling of the stocks, for instance - Sure, I bet some people knew that it was going to happen. But the only companies mentioned by the credible sources are ones unrelated to Bush in any way (link me if I'm wrong).
As for doing homework for refuting your information, I already said that I will make a full and uninhibited attempt this weekend.
And the web is not by any means the best source of current events, and certainly not of objective commentary. You can find the most data on the web, but thats because anyone with 15 minutes and a computer can learn how to put it there.
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There is a difference between bush letting it happen and bush wanting it to happen. I am convinced of neither. You might be able to prove that he let it happen because of errors but that fact is, he didn't want 9/11 to happen. Plain in simple.
Psylo - you make good points and you can clearly keep up with the debate
Klogon - I think this guy thinks it is a conspiracy because he doesnt like the war in iraq
Demonic - just an idiot that agrees with psylo and because he is too ignorrant to keep up with the debate says stupid things like "I am going to give up on you" or "BUSH KNEW" When you ask him how he will reply "BUSH KNEW"
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On September 03 2003 14:13 ObsoleteLogic wrote: Rea, (regarding one of your posts in the thread you linked) might I remind you that the Nazi's has superior tanks in WWII, but they were steamrolled by the mass produced, cheaply made tanks of the Soviets. 15 0-0 tanks will beat 5 3-3 tanks and thats all there is to it .
FYI russian tanks were (and still are ) not only "mass-produced and cheap" but also technically superior: e.g. - T-34 Tank
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On September 03 2003 06:53 TeCh)PsylO wrote: Show nested quote +If the radios aren't working, you can't assume it is terrorists ESPECIALLY before 9/11. Also, Bush didn't know about this terror attack, end of discussion. He might have got wind that there might be a terror attack involving planes or something which might be why he told people not to fly, but he didn't know that 19 muslims were going to hijack 4 planes and crash them into shit. I don't even recall him telling people not to fly on planes, so if you could give me a link or something it might be makes your post more "accurate." blackjack, i honestly think that u are smart, and rather logical, but i think u have a pre-determined view of something, and not open to accept something that might completely change your mindstate on the world. you have said that bush might have gotten wind of something happening. now, to not complicate the matter, my posts can be seperated into 2 categories, those refuting posts from other users, and those further explaining my original point, in which i will make a final outline for when im done. this post, is refuting other users posts. now, back to the topic.. u think that bush might have gotten wind of something happening envolving planes. well, bush DID get wind. "President Bush's daily intelligence briefings in the weeks leading up to the September 11 terror attacks included a warning of the possibility that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network would attempt to hijack a U.S.-based airliner" - CNN"President Bush was warned in a more specific way than previously known about intelligence suggesting that al Qaeda terrorists were seeking to attack the United States, a report on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks indicated yesterday" - msnbcso, he WAS warned of something happening, involving airliners. no travel advisory was issued... u say that there was no way of knowing that 19 hijackers would hijack planes? on september 6th, 4 airlines were hijacked by "radical" muslims. this was not 2001, but rather 1970. "On 6 September that year four airliners were seized by the PLFP - the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a radical Palestinian faction." -BBCyou seem to think that the idea of 9-11 was sooo off the mark from what we would expect, that there was no way that we could have known, but this is clearly not the case. Show nested quote +I personally think that people made some mistakes before 9/11. I think more could have been done to prevent it bingo. why wasnt more done to prevent it? u acknowledge a failure, but dont think that anyone should be held accountable? if i fail at my job, u better believe i will be held accountable, and the lives of thousands, potentially millions are not in my hands. Show nested quote +oh my god. Psylo it must not be hard for you to brain wash people into thinking that Bush is the largest mass murderer in American history. Look at the kind of intelligence that agrees with you. although u have attempted to be logical, the one thing tha tu have not done is discuss my reasoning. i have explained how the bush administration had policy and idealogy that would involve a catastrophe to happen. i have explained how these "catastopphes" used as public deception, are nothing new to our country. i have explained, and it is clear, that bush has flawlessly continued with the agenda that was made before 9-11, some of which expressly included the overtaking of the saddam regime. u do not argue against this. u just result to insults, and do the very popular, but petty thing, of attacking the name of a web site, rather than its information. Show nested quote +Psylo honestly believes that Bush planted bombs underground without anyone knowing and anyone finding out, and blew up the WTC, while he was at a school reading books to kids. And for that, I feel sorry for him and I am sure all the educated people who read this forum and don't feel like responding feel sorry for him as well. this is actually not what i believe. i have not yet gotten to explaining some possible conclusions to the matter. but i do not think that bush personally ordered a controlled collapse. i have already said that for the sake of argument, i will back off the controlled collapse issue, if u wish to discuss it, we can also explain how considering the event, a VERY MINUMIL amount of damage was done. Show nested quote +What I'm trying to say is that just because someone writes a book, doesn't mean they're telling the truth, or even close to it. this goes the same for news articles, politicians, and any other source of information. but by this logic, well.. we cant believe a damn thing. but what we can do, is have a general idea of what is going on in the world, and see what "fits" the puzzle and what does not. the "official story" does not fit the puzzle(puzzle being the functionality of the world), where as my explanation of 9-11 fits it fairly well. Show nested quote +give me GOOD SOLID points proving that the US governement had FAR MORE to gain than to lose, define government? the bush administration had something to gain. saudi arabia had some thing to gain. isreal had some thing to gain. osama had some thing to gain.
"But, the officials said, there was no speculation about the use of an airplane itself as a bomb or a weapon, and no specific, credible information about the possibility of a hijacking of any sort."
No credible information about a possibility of a hijacking of any sort. This is the second time that you have given a link that hurt your case. Osama Bin Laden could have gone right up to his face and told him that he was going to hijack a couple airplanes. Bush couldn't have and shouldn't have done much. Do you expect Congress to pass a bill to modify airline security and ENFORCE the bill in under 2 weeks? For all the people who said that he was behind it because he told people not to fly... Maybe this is why?
The only reason you are giving up on the controlled collapse is because you know that we aren't stupid enough to buy into it. Maybe Demonic is.. but that is another story. You believed that it was a controlled collapse and now you don't because you have been proven wrong. If you were wrong about the controlled collapse you are most likely wrong about all your other conspiracies as well. I be back in 50 minutes or so I have a class.
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On September 03 2003 15:33 Anal_Ripper wrote: Show nested quote +On September 03 2003 14:13 ObsoleteLogic wrote: Rea, (regarding one of your posts in the thread you linked) might I remind you that the Nazi's has superior tanks in WWII, but they were steamrolled by the mass produced, cheaply made tanks of the Soviets. 15 0-0 tanks will beat 5 3-3 tanks and thats all there is to it . FYI russian tanks were (and still are  ) not only "mass-produced and cheap" but also technically superior: e.g. - T-34 Tank
"Although not equal to the German Panther and Tiger tanks, the huge numbers of T-34s more than compensated for their technological shortcomings."
O_O
Say what? (: Blackjack, don't go down to Demonic's level.
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On September 03 2003 08:37 TeCh)PsylO wrote: Show nested quote +
You obviously don't know the facts since you think we murdered our own troops in Pearl Harbor. and I was simply saying that if people got you to believe that we killed our own troops in Pearl Harbor simply so we could go to war with Japan than it wouldn't be hard for someone to make you believe that we bombed our own civilians to go to war with Iraq.
The funniest thing about all of the posts read is that Psylo continues to say "we dont know who to blame for the hijackings" etc. even after Al Queda and Osama Bin Laden admin to it. I honestly believe that if Osama Bin Laden debated psylo 1on1, he wouldn't be able to get psylo to believe that he destroyed the towers and not Bush.
i never said the US attacked its own soldeirs. i said that it was provoked by FDR, and he allowed it to happen. read up on the matter before u pass judgement. u are not arguing aginst my point, but only twisting my words, in order to try to change the meaning of my point, in which is easier for your to argue against. osama DIDNT admit to 9-11 until months AFTER 9-11. and this was only on a tape, that the US "found", and was translated by the US government. yes, i have a watch to sell you. the credibility of this tape is in question: Swiss Lab finds tape to be a fakenow, after watching the video, this is not much of a surprise... since this tape, osama has not directly admitted to the attacks, but has only praised them. some how u are under the impression that i WANT to believe what i do. you are a fool if u think i WANT to live under such a government that i do, and in such a world. but, the fact is that i do, and i beleive things CAN change, but only if people learn about what is really happening in the world, and take action. apparently the former part is extremely difficult for most of u.
That was my comment on Klogon's post who said that we "did it before to our own troops" not on your post, so if you want to talk about twisting words around...
The date on that periodical was something like November 2002? So your whole fake tape argument makes no sense because we know which tapes are fake and real and we have real tapes saying he is responsible for what happened, that were on the news in the weeks after 9/11
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On September 03 2003 09:47 mensrea wrote: Show nested quote +On September 02 2003 21:23 SerotoninsGone wrote: I believe you severely underestimate north korea. I would think that several of the south korean members on this forum could easily speak up on this point. North Korea has enough conentional weapons to completely level south korea--nukes are just icing on the cake. As such, we cannot deal with him like saddam--the only agreeable solution is a diplomatic one. Which is why we are so adamantly trying to get china to do something about them--it's their backyard anyway. I wasn't taking sides in this debate, but when it comes to North Korea I feel a few misconceptions about the whole issue needs to be sorted out. There was actually a longish thread on this very topic a while ago. I recommend people read it before opening their mouths about subjects they have only a very superficial understanding of. It begins right <a href=http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?currentpage=1&topic_id=1878>here</a>.
N. Korea announed that they are going to test an A-Bomb soon and I think they know better than to make a comment like that unless they are very confident that it will work, because if it doesn't work, they become a joke t.t as you can read in this link http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/29/international/asia/29KORE.html
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obsolete, the point about the short selling was not to directly connect it to bush, but to illustrate that there was enough "chatter" to prepare for 9-11. the government itself seems to think that this is suffecient evidence, considering they tried to open a terrorist futures trading market themselves. CNN.money this was created by the pentagon, was developed, and only scrapped days before opening becuase of steep criticism. obsolete, what is a non-internet related source that is better than the web? the best one i can think of, is the economist, but u can derive the same information from the web anyway, along with goverment reports, etc.... blackjack u are not putting anything together here.."the official said".. i can just as easily take out quotes to counter this, as i already did above. is the "official" not just the same "official" that feeds us everything else abuot bush? bush specifically said he had no knowledge of anything coming. but, he gets regular pentagon breifings abuot terror threats, that said something was coming, possibley involving planes. read it again. u can attempt to extract a sentance that u think counters the entire rest of the situation, but that fails to look at the situation as a hole. look at the futures trading. the credit card transactions. the phoenix memo. history. if u wish to refute my points, i suggest put some more effort into this. i did not give up on a controlled collapse. i already said i will drop it becuase it is irrelevant to the rest of the situation. i beleive the circumstantial evidence and physical evidence is enough to ATLEAST make the main stream media and politicains to question the situation, but that is not what is happening.
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On September 03 2003 17:19 TeCh)PsylO wrote: obsolete, the point about the short selling was not to directly connect it to bush, but to illustrate that there was enough "chatter" to prepare for 9-11. the government itself seems to think that this is suffecient evidence, considering they tried to open a terrorist futures trading market themselves. CNN.moneythis was created by the pentagon, was developed, and only scrapped days before opening becuase of steep criticism.
I bet if you looked hard enough, you would see that there were other moves based on other terrorist chatter at the time too! Whats more, how exactly do you prepare for it? These moves were made days before, but it seems that all anyone knew was something very general, and it could have turned out to be absolutely nothing. You know there were over 600 planes in the air at the moment that these attacks occurred? Thats a lot of security to beef up when you don't know exactly what to prepare for, and a lot of money wasted if it turned out to be nothing.
obsolete, what is a non-internet related source that is better than the web? the best one i can think of, is the economist, but u can derive the same information from the web anyway, along with goverment reports, etc....
Absolutely! But you're not using any of these sources. You're giving biased media information and second rate websites.
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The date on that periodical was something like November 2002? So your whole fake tape argument makes no sense because we know which tapes are fake and real and we have real tapes saying he is responsible for what happened, that were on the news in the weeks after 9/11 plz enlighten me on which tapes are real, and which are fakes. show me where, in the news osama took responsibility for the attacks, and plz dont bother including articles discussing the tapes.... i have already backup up the toronto star as a credible source. it is just as much a corporate credible source as cnn, etc... so.. toronto star reports that a swiss lab is 95% accurate it is not bin ladin on the tape. so, who is is not credible? the news source? the lab? explain this to me. apparently it was enough to show up in other news sources as well: news from 1/3 of the coalition of the billing "Bourlard, a voice recognition expert, has worked extensively with the International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley, California. He has also worked as co-editor-in-chief of the Speech Communication journal with ICSI director Nelson Morgan, and as an adviser to the European Commission. He is the author or co-author of 150 research papers and two books" BBC once again, osama has only praised the attacks. show me differant.
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Yes that is right. The officials said it, they also said that they were talking about the possibility of a hijacking. You only want to believe half of everything they say? Only the bad? I like to believe both instead of calling them liars on no proof whatsoever.
Show me where Bush said he had no knowledge of anything coming.
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On September 03 2003 17:31 TeCh)PsylO wrote: Show nested quote +The date on that periodical was something like November 2002? So your whole fake tape argument makes no sense because we know which tapes are fake and real and we have real tapes saying he is responsible for what happened, that were on the news in the weeks after 9/11 plz enlighten me on which tapes are real, and which are fakes. show me where, in the news osama took responsibility for the attacks, and plz dont bother including articles discussing the tapes.... i have already backup up the toronto star as a credible source. it is just as much a corporate credible source as cnn, etc... so.. toronto star reports that a swiss lab is 95% accurate it is not bin ladin on the tape. so, who is is not credible? the news source? the lab? explain this to me. apparently it was enough to show up in other news sources as well: news from 1/3 of the coalition of the billing"Bourlard, a voice recognition expert, has worked extensively with the International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley, California. He has also worked as co-editor-in-chief of the Speech Communication journal with ICSI director Nelson Morgan, and as an adviser to the European Commission. He is the author or co-author of 150 research papers and two books" BBConce again, osama has only praised the attacks. show me differant.
That is my point exactly. That tape was fake and we were able to prove it because we have so much intelligence and technology. We know if all of the tapes are fake or real using the same technology. and the ones following the weeks of 9/11 were real. They had him on the news taking credit for the attack 2 years ago almost.
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You are the one who is saying Osama had so much to gain and he was in on it with Bush, so why would they need fake tapes?
I am assuming you know this but just in case.. If we receive a fake tape, that doesn't mean the US Government made a fake tape, it means some idiots in the Middle East were posing as Osama
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Absolutely! But you're not using any of these sources. You're giving biased media information and second rate websites. economist web site requires a subscription(pretty damn expensive one) in order to acces there entire site. government reports are going to be slightly biased? but either way: congress's 9-11 report if u manage to read it all, just keep in mind everything it _Doesnt_ discuss, not to mention the 28(?) missing pages about the relationship with saudi arabia.
and shall we take a look at who is on the commission?: 9-11 commission
cia reports iraq was not a threat to the US 7 months before 9-11. cia no threat
here is the report: "We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs"
note that right after this he goes on to explain how iraq has attempted to rebuild its chemical facilities etc.. and the only link between these 2 contradicions is " although given its past behavior, this type of activity must be regarded as likely" appartenlty, givin the fact that we havnt found any, that behavior was not regarded correctly. man, hindsight is a bitch. i dont wish to start another iraq thread, but this just goes to show the effort on the part of the bush administration to continuosly decieve the people into supporting his idealistic agenda.
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They had him on the news taking credit for the attack 2 years ago almost. show me.
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On September 03 2003 17:49 TeCh)PsylO wrote: Show nested quote +Absolutely! But you're not using any of these sources. You're giving biased media information and second rate websites. cia reports iraq was not a threat to the US 7 months before 9-11. cia no threat
Japan wasn't a threat 7 months before Pearl Harbor
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i paused, then i giggled... man!
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On September 03 2003 17:49 TeCh)PsylO wrote: Show nested quote +Absolutely! But you're not using any of these sources. You're giving biased media information and second rate websites. economist web site requires a subscription(pretty damn expensive one) in order to acces there entire site. government reports are going to be slightly biased? but either way: congress's 9-11 reportif u manage to read it all, just keep in mind everything it _Doesnt_ discuss, not to mention the 28(?) missing pages about the relationship with saudi arabia.
I can't say I made it through every page - there are 858 of them. However, reading through the Findings and Conclusions, I see nothing that evidences anything for your case - only statements that are open to interpretation. And a lot of your "evidence" of the findings and reports about the use of aircraft as weapons was during the Clinton Administration. Why didn't he do anything about it, I ask?
I don't get what your argument is from here; that NORAD and the DOD are a little slow? Maybe theres internal corruption there, maybe they're just incompetent, but that doesn't mean there is a Presidential conspiracy going on.
The report from the Iraqwatch.org site is June 2000. Even then it was said that there is no direct evidence, but good possibilites that WMD are being sought after. Direct evidence would be visual confirmation. Hence that is not a contradiction.
"For example, Baghdad seized from UNSCOM inspectors an Air Force document discovered by UNSCOM that indicated that Iraq had not consumed as many CW munitions during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s as had been declared by Baghdad. This discrepancy indicates that Iraq may have hidden an additional 6,000 CW munitions."
Whats more, they had, and used during the war (by firing at Kuwait), long range missiles which they were not even supposed to have. They kicked weapons inspectors out for God's sake! Why would you do that if you aren't doing something illegitimate?
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Yes that is right. The officials said it, they also said that they were talking about the possibility of a hijacking. You only want to believe half of everything they say? Only the bad? I like to believe both instead of calling them liars on no proof whatsoever.
Show me where Bush said he had no knowledge of anything coming.
good point. i already said right after 9-11 i beleived the official story. but the problem is that there are serious faults and conflicts of interest involved. once u look at these, it is hard to believe only the good. considering the good and bad are obviously contradicory, it is not logical to beleive both, but to find a middle ground. i know it sounds like im failry extreme, but a actually have found(am finding) a middle ground on the issue. most of which i havnt really discussed much yet, becuase i have been busy defending resources.... i would also like to make clear that i dont think that i have the answers to any of these issues, but only possable conclusions. the very fact that there are possible conclusions beyond the offical story, and that this has not been looked into by the main stream media, or effectivly by the government, leads me to beleive that there is a cover up, at some level.
Show me where Bush said he had no knowledge of anything coming. his exact words, in an interview with brokaw "It's hard to envision a plot so devious as the one that they pulled off on 9/11. Never did we realize that the enemy was so well-organized" interpret how u wish. i tend to beleive that this is on the same line of thinking that this can never have been predicted. i have already shown that 4 airplanes were hijacked by arabs in the past(not to mention airlines being hijacked is not a new idea). and lets not forget the 1989 hijacking when a french airliner was BLOWN UP in africa. obviously showing planes could be used as weapons.
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