Fifty questions on 9/11 By Pepe Escobar ASIA TIMES 9/11/09
Joe Sat, 09/12/2009 - 7:37am
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI11Ak02.html
THE ROVING EYE
Fifty questions on 9/11
By Pepe Escobar
It's September 11 all over again - eight years on. The George W Bush administration is out. The "global war on terror" is still on, renamed "overseas contingency operations" by the Barack Obama administration. Obama's "new strategy" - a war escalation - is in play in AfPak. Osama bin Laden may be dead or not. "Al-Qaeda" remains a catch-all ghost entity. September 11 - the neo-cons' "new Pearl Harbor" - remains the darkest jigsaw puzzle of the young 21st century.
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proceed with caution
In general I love lists like this, and in general this one may be ok, but specifically I immediately found an error: It ws not Atta's passport that was found at the WTC , it was Suqami's and it was not in the rubble, but on the street , apparently before the building collapsed. The chain of custody is the issue.
I have not had a chance to screen the rest of this very carefully, but PWC.
- omniadeo
Damn the Torpedoes!
If Not Me? Who? If Not Now? When?
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innaccurate lips sink ships
Joe,
In my experience, one of the worse things that can happen to us as we present 911 truth to sceptical (and of course hostile) audiences is to get caught with an innacuracy. One little false detail, however minor, gets corrected by a dismissive gatekeeper with a sneer and it's all over.
"Damn the torpedoes" shows great spirit, but you CAN get hit by a torpedoe. "Discretion is the better part of valor" is also a good motto. I do like the North Texas site.
Best.
- omniadeo
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no cigar
My friend, the bona fides of the Asia Times, which I read quite often and which has been helpful on 911 , have nothing to do with it. There is a mistake in the article, which means the author didn't fact check his own work. Which means it is dangerous to depend on him.
Best.
- omniadeo
Who is depending on him? I'm celebrating the articles existance
Too bad you are so negative. The good news of the article reaching tens of thousands of readers around the world is lost because you spotted an error. I am guessing you did the same when millions (perhaps) watched Loose Change 2nd.
The vast majority of those people are with us today.
I did not write the article but it is out there. A tiny portion of readers will research and find the error. Some readers will become aware of 9/11 Questions for the first time. For others it will reinforce their understanding of the Truth and Lies of 9/11. A few critics will find the error and make a big deal of it.
Exposure is key
At this stage of the movement, I think exposure is key. Years ago, small errors became huge targets. I think things are changing. After 8 years, it's about time.
People may be slow but they're not stupid. (Even I sometimes forget exactly whose passport that was.)
Which hijackers' passport was or wasn't found is not as important now as the fact that "a" hijacker's passport was alleged to have survived (almost intact!) an event during which almost every single thing was turned to dust.
The take-home point is the outrageous claim, itself, and that has tremendous power! Thsi is like a "good" pandemic. The more people who are exposed to it, the more people who will "get it."
Thanks, Joe!