Does anyone agree that 9/11 was preventable?
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I don't think it was preventable at all.\n\nIf you piss off a large proportion of the world for long enough then someone is going to do something crazy.\n\nEven with the somewhat police state methods now being used we're still due for more terrorism. \n\nHurricane Katrina couldn't have been prevented as it was caused by weather, but the reaction in terms of getting people out could have been better. So could actually rebuilding the levies properly before the hurricane. bit of a pity most of the national guard  and army engineers who were supposed to be working on it were out of the state relieving other national guards sent to iraq or sent there themselves....
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Larry Silverstein Purchased The WTC Within A Year Of The Attacks And 6 Months B4 The Attacks(9/11), He Insured The WTC Complex For A RECORD 7 BILLION $$(With A Clause In The Policy SPECIFICALLY Covering A TERRORIST ATTACK)\n\nWell.. Mr. Silverstein Recently Purchased The Sears Tower And A Short Time Ago, Insured It For ANOTHER RECORD(UnDisclosed)Amount....\n\nThe SECURITY For WTC Was Provided By (Get This) MARVIN BUSH\nA Brother To George W And Jeb(Which May Explain How The FOLLOWING May Have Occurred)\n\nIt Is Being Investigated That The Buildings Were RIGGED For CONTROLLED FALL( Which Would Have Taken MONTHS)\nIncluding Building #7 (Which Was NOT HIT BY A PLANE And Had Minimal Fire Damage)\nIt Has Been Stated By Structural Engineers(Independant Of The Hokey Investigation By The Bush Crime Family)That It WAS NOT POSSIBLE That WTC 1 and 2 COLLAPSED From The Impact Of The Planes That Hit Them\nThe REASON BLDG 7 Was Destroyed Was To Conceal The EVIDENCE That The Buildings Were Dropped From A Control Bunker In The Basement(Where The Technicians "Ignited The Fuses" So To Speak)\nIt Is VERY Difficult To PROVE As The EVIDENCE Of These Crimes ( THE DEBRIS FROM THE COLLAPSES)Were HURRIED AWAY TO CHINA For RECYCLING After The Disaster\nThe So Called TERRORISTS That Were SUPPOSEDLY Flying Those Planes (Mohammed Atta And His 19 Friends) Well..16 Of The 19 Are In Fact Proven ALIVE With The Other 3 UnAccounted For ,But Presumed ALIVE\nIt Has Been Speculated That The 2 Planes Tht Hit The Towers Were Remotely Operated By The Military With NOONE Aboard\nFlight 93 (The One That "CRASHED" In PA) Is In Fact STILL In Service\nAnd At This Time , There Is NO EVIDENCE That A Plane Crashed Into The Pentagon, Although Something(A US Tomahawk Missile???) Did Fly Into And Destroy A Portion Of It\n\nWhat Ive Told You Is In EVIDENCE In A Theory Behind The Trade Center Attack Being An INSIDE JOB ORCHESTRATED By The BUSH Crime Family , And BLAMED On TERRORISTS So That Bush Could ILLEGALLY Go To War(Without The Approval Of Congress)\n\nFor MORE On This See: Alex Jones At Ground Zero\n\nhttp://martiallaw911.info/video.htm........\n\nSee Also: Loose Change 2nd Edition (Google It)\n\nhttp://www.world-action.co.uk/explosives...\n\nhttp://www.commondreams.org/views03/0204...\n\nhttp://www.realestatejournal.com/propert...\n\nhttp://martiallaw911.info/video.htm......\n\nIMPEACH BUSH NOW
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no, the "TERRORISTS" didn't...the terrorists that flew the planes were found alive later and the government kept it quiet.  Look at the tower bombing video...see the explosions in the basement?  If those towers fell from the planes, they would have went sideways, not straight down.  The company that cleaned it up wouldn't be a presidential demolition crew that knocks down buildings for a living...they were waiting right next to the damn things waiting for them to fall to go to work
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I think the terrorists planned to use 9/11 because it would indicate that the "day the U.S. called for help." But in my thoughts, I don't think the terrorists got as far as they hope. From historical references, people claimed there were more terrorists but Bush grounded all flights, and the towers held long enough to keep thousands more safe.
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as much as i hate to admit it...i believe its very possible. i mean the evidence even makes 9/11 look like a conspiracy. and i hate to believe it and im not 100% sure were i stand with that but lets just say pieces eerily fall into place
752860
You are correct.  No attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11. \n\nthe libs are already trying to distort your comment.
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I don't think that liberals think that Isreal caused 9/11-- I don't know where you came up with that idea.  \n\nI'm not sure on Bush.  I don't think that all liberal people blame Bush for the tragedy.  I'm fairly liberal and I don't blame him for that.  It's sad that it happened, but I don't think that he could have prevented it.
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Good question however not an answer you might be looking for. We have had wire taps for year and years before 9/11 was even put into thought. On a legal stand point you cant put a tap on anything without 1) legal and sufficient cause and you most certaintly cant go to a judge and accuse someone of being a terrorist without sufficient  proof. I honestly dont believe that we would have been able to intercept any conversations regarding 9/11 unless somehow the signal was intermixed with someone else phone call and they were able to tape it or if someone happened to over the conversation by just passing by them.
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Personaly I beleive Bush could have prevented 9/11 if he could read. His advisers tried to tell him that there was an important Alqaida threat. But he didn't listen and he didn't read his important breifings.\n\nWhat a moron, but what's worse is all the morons that voted him back into office after all the stuff he didn't do right. He shoulda been impeached the first term.
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Yes, and no.\n\nThis is a tricky question.  It has been over 4 years since an attack of this sort.  Trying to keep fighters in the air 24/7 will quickly increase equipment wear and accidents.  It is simply impossible to keep up this kind of barrier.\n\nAnd even more troubling, what would you have the Air Force do if it happens again?  Are you willing to have them shoot down an airliner full of civilians?  Are the people flying those fighters going to be able to do it?  Put yourself in their situation, would you like to pull the trigger and kill 300+ plus people whoare simply in the wrong plae at the wrong time?\n\nAt least now we know what we can face, and we have responded.  Airport security is tighter, and now that we know who the "bad guys" are, we are intercepting communications and getting intelligence from people who can warn us before it happens again.\n\nBefore 9/11, Al-Queda was yet another terrorist organization.  No more of a threat then Abu Nidal, Carlos, or many others active in the world.  It was only after 9/11 that we understood how badly they wanted to attack the civilians in our country.  And we have reacted to this information.\n\nAnd remember, FDR had information about Pearl Harbor.  And Trueman had information about North Korea attacking South Korea.  Even France knew it was about to be attacked by Hitler.  Having information does not always equal the ability to make use of it.
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of course it was. u can never believe any thing they say and when they told bush that the 1st plane crashed he wasnt even surprised because he knew it was coming and he just sat there reading to the kids. the one that crashed into the pentagon was believed to be a missle since there werent ANY parts of the plane found there. so yeah i think it is but its your opinion :)
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Simple, What good is driving a car that run on Something If we can't defend ourselves properly and effectively. In this post 9/11 unpredictable world, we need to be vigilant, prepared and informed of every little detail even if it will harm the environment, which there is no proving evidence that it will ever do, but at least we get to live freely.
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NO.  President Bush is just a talking head puppet if you will for forces that control all governments.  I don't think the terrorist identified were responsible or had the resources to pull off an attack like that.  Our government is definitely covering up what happened that day.  There is overwhelming evidence to support that it was an inside job.  I don't think Bush is directly responsible but probably knows what happened.  Any agency or government institution that aids in the cover up or conceals evidence indirectly implies guilt.  They needed a new Pearl Harbor to gain support for there agenda.  Who knows who these behind the scenes people are and exactly what there up to
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no, it cannot.  it can only be prevented.
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9/11 was by definition a conspiracy.  More than one person planned and executed the crime.  Leaders of a group (Al Queda) organized the operation and sent lower-ranking members to carry it out.  The Fed Gov't tried Moussaoui on conspiracy charges, to which he confessed and for which he was convicted.\n\nIf what you really mean is, did the US government and Israel conspire to blow up the World Trade Center so they could take control of Middle Eastern oil, why are you wasting 5 pts on the question?  Just look at ten zillion resolved questions on the same topic and you'll get a fair sense of how the Yahoo community feels about this ridiculous topic.
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NO!\nAnd the only people who claim the U.S. government was involved in 9/11 are MUSLIMS who are trying to fix their public relations problem!\nNotice all the websites with false claims to the origins of 9/11 come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, and other Muslim countries.  These people are simply trying to deflect their guilt by shifting the blame to the Americans, the Israelis, and anyone else whom they hate.
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This video is very compelling evidence that there's a lot more to the events of 9/11 than most people know.  A few of the things in the Loose Change video are inaccurate, but it compiles enough accurate information to lead to further questions.  \n\nTo the people who say things like "this has all been disproven" or "it's just conspiracy theories" you are fooling yourselves.  The famous philospher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) said “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident”.  People will believe any lie either because they want it to be true, or because they fear it is true.  The lie you are believing is that the official story of how the events of 9/11 occurred are true.  When you OBJECTIVELY analysis the scientific evidence -- as a detective or scientist would -- without injecting false patriatism into the equation -- you realize that it is simply physically impossible that things happened as we've been led to believe.\nAnd  as a side note, questioning the events of 9/11 is NOT unpatriotic.  On the contrary, it's about the most patriotic thing you can do.  We have a duty to defend this great nation of ours against ALL threats, foriegn AND DOMESTIC.  And the families of the victims of 9/11 have a right to know the TRUTH of how and why their loved ones died.  In that spirit, I present the following very small bits of information concerning the events of 9/11.\n\nYou can’t collapse a skyscraper with jet fuel.\nMany engineers have come forward and said that there’s no way those buildings fell from fire.  Steel doesn’t weaken until almost 2000 degrees F, and it doesn’t melt until almost 3000 degrees F.  Jet fuel doesn’t burn hot enough to do it.\nThe official NIST report states “The initial jet fuel fires themselves lasted at most a few minutes” and office material fires would burn out within about 20 minutes in a given location. (NIST, 2005; p. 179, emphasis added.)   The final NIST report on the Towers admits:  \n"Of the more than 170 areas examined on 16 perimeter column panels, only three columns had evidence that the steel reached temperatures above 250ºC… Only two core column specimens had sufficient paint remaining to make such an analysis, and their temperatures did not reach 250 ºC. ... Using metallographic analysis, NIST determined that there was no evidence that any of the samples had reached temperatures above 600 ºC."  (NIST, 2005, pp. 176-177) \nKevin Ryan, the engineer from the company that underwrote the towers, said it was impossible that a jet fuel fire brought the towers down.  The architect who designed the twin towers has repeatedly said that he designed them to take not 1, but 2, massive passenger airliner impacts and not fall.  \nPools of molten steel were found in the basements of the towers (including tower 7) weeks after 9/11.  Steel melts at 2777 degrees F.  Jet fuel burns at only 1577 degrees F.  It is literally impossible for jet fuel fires to get hot enough to melt steel into molten pools.  Something else must have done it.\n\nFirefighters and survivors said repeatedly that bombs were going off throughout the towers, on many different floors. Firefighters gave very specific descriptions of seeing flashes of light and explosions going off on the lower levels.   If you watch the news from that morning, you'll even see Fox news reporting a "4th explosion" going off in tower 1.   For instance, at the start of the collapse of the South Tower a Fox  News anchor reported:   “There is an explosion at the base of the building… white smoke from the bottom… something happened at the base of the building!  Then another explosion.”\nFirefighter Edward Cachia independently reported:  \n“[We] thought there was like an internal detonation, explosives, because it went in succession, boom, boom, boom, boom, and then the tower came