If any one ever refers to me by using the CIA Term 'Conspiracy Theorist then be prepared for an epic intellectual exchange whereupon I will take you to task in detail. That being said, I completely agree with Alex’s assessment. It is a Zero Sum Game. There is nothing to be (politically) gained by raising this issue in any public forums.
However, within our own forums, I believe that we ought to be a bit more forthcoming and frank with each other. I say, no matter what we may think in private, it would be overwhelmingly suicidal to ‘make it’ a public issue.
Insofar as the published reports & articles above - including the assessments made by my fellow Pirate Party members (as to fire). I reject the lot it - with the deepest respect to all.
Unless I am entirely mistaken, I believe the military base in Pine Gap is key infrastructure for mass surveillance in the global “war on terror”. From memory it was Snowden’s docs which proved this fact. Pre-Snowden it was dismissed as conspiracy theory or nuts. Data collected here is used to kill people without them ever being captured, charged or sentenced. Including young children and people who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I am sure that as Pirates, most of us are aware of these realities.
If you ask me, questions like “Why are we at war?” are entirely relevant to Australia’s international politics, and thus Party discussion.
I will not refrain from asking uncomfortable questions related to Australia’s participation in overseas wars, no matter how taboo they are in society. People’s lives are at stake.
People research this topic of 9/11 “Was it fire or explosives?” not because it is “fun”, or “historical”, but because it is highly relevant to current affairs.
I myself do not know the truth of the matter, I have not done a scientific computer model of the collapse myself, and all models that are out there, including the NIST ones, have not to my knowledge been peer-reviewed.
Nevertheless I will only stop quoting engineers who actually are qualified to answer some of the technical questions raised above, as soon as people stop calling their work conspiracy theories. They are scientists and engineers who have every right to make up their own mind about how skyscrapers collapse without being pressured by government narrative.
I for one will be watching how this progresses: http://ine.uaf.edu/projects/wtc7/
It is interesting to me that questions aimed at the official US-government narrative are often labelled conspiracy theories even as the official story describes a conspiracy between terrorists to attack the American people. I’m not saying the official story is entirely wrong, I just think it raises some questions and would like to understand why we are in perpetual war for it.
Is it really that controversial to say that we might not fully understand 9/11?
agreed. But are you aware of the origin of the Gulf State kingdoms and the history of the political and trade relationships between the UK, the US and eg the Saudis?
yes but one does not always exclude the other. In the case of Afghanistan it is often the local politicians and their friends and family members who benefit from corrupt trade deals along with the foreign corporations the deals are made with. but you’ve already seen my post with the interview about kleptocracies:
agreed.
Hope your show went well. If there is a published recording I’d like to know, as I didn’t get up at 4am Europe time to listen to the radio.
Sorry folks for getting a bit defensive before. I’m just a bit allergic to the term conspiracy theories. I’ve witnessed first hand the damaging effects that term can have unfairly on someone’s reputation, although in a different context.
I really don’t want to focus on how the WTC came down, but rather on how to end these perpetual wars, or at least Australia’s involvement in them.
"I think the 9/11 conspiracy saga is a complete waste of time and energy in the pursuit of a pointless delusion. Occam’s razor dictates here, in my opinion. There was clearly stated intent and motive by al-Qaeda prior to the attack. ",
please provide reference for: “was clearly stated intent and motive by al-Qaeda prior to the attack”.
assuming it is true, does it make them definitely the culprit?
assuming above is false, that is Al-Qaeda were not the culprit, does it make it an internal job?
which authority has assessed who was the culprit?
“The US did not steal Iraqi oil when in occupation”, that is rather odd statement. Not sure what does it mean? Can you clarify? You mean, Iraqi people, per person got larger share of oil money? US multinationals were not given full access to oil?
Have you or any person that you know of audited any of your statement?
insulting others and stating how much you believe in a statement and how stupid your opponents are is not a scientific way of getting your point across.
Page 1 of google. US warned of Bin Laden attack prior to 9/11
The pre-history of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and the build up to 9/11
Ah…well unless there is evidence to the contrary…yes?
I don’t assume it’s false.
I dont know, off the top of my head however, there is the world’s media and a thousand academics who have written books on the topic.
With respect Adel, i am not insulting others! I am disagreeing with some of Laura’s original post, i see the issue differently, i am not insulting her. Are you accusing me of an ad hominem attack? Please show me where and i’ll apologise.
My point is simply that 9/11 theories not based on hard evidence have very little utility for a contemporary Australian political party.
I asked for different reference. You showed a document prepared by CIA. I am not convinced that a document prepared by CIA is valid in this case.
I disagree that intent is sufficient evidence. I have every intent in the world to become the world’s best developer. Further to that, there are heaps of organization in the world that clearly wish to destroy each other.
I’m really sorry Adel, but i’m completely bored with this. If you have hard evidence that al-Qaeda did not carry out the 9/11 attacks can i suggest you present the evidence, write a book and change the world. I’ll happily read it and change my mind.
Well, there is no such evidence one way or the other.
In my understanding there are heaps of organizations that have the motive but none with the capability. Again, I am not the one claiming anything in here, you said you absolutely believe in “x”. I am claiming that your strong believe is not substantiated with hard evidence. Rather my humble claim is that it is manufactured through media repetition.
Well, there kind of is evidence, one way or the other, isn’t there. As in, someone claimed responsibility. That’s a confession, uncoerced, so…you’d need to explain why this is not true.
Audio is not clear. Nor it is clear that the audio belongs to here.
Even if there is claim, it could very well be empty boasting.
Do you speak Arabic? I speak Persian and I certify that everytime there is an Iranian official saying anything on the news, it is deliberately mistranslated.
Well, we have so many fights that we agree on. Let’s say clean campaign financing, tightening regulations on banks, among others.
In this case, we are talking about an ‘organization’ that neither of us have any information on. Neither of us are experts in understanding fake vs real evidence, neither of us speak Arabic and there is incentive for every media organization to lie about. FYI I have Masters degree and I am not trying to pick sides, rather in my humble understanding, media is grossly misleading and do not trust a word of what media says.
First let’s examine this one. In this video, I do not speak the language that is given, I am not sure who put the audio on the video. I stop there, not forming any opinion.
Media is known to be lying about matters, another example:
Russia interference in the US election. You can turn on TV and there is overwhelming ‘news’ on it, when you scratch the surface, nothing comes up. Again if you believe otherwise happy to discus that in a separate thread. In fact, that is much easier for me because all the ‘evidence’ are in English and we can easily cross examine.
More reputable sources such as universities are much more believable.
I am expert in computer science, I fairly strong grasp in linear algebra and statistics. I can cross examine for example evidence on Cigarette or alcohol on overall health. In this case, the answer is overwhelmingly there is negative consequence. I can cross examine ‘evidence’ of homeopathy, the answer is that there is no evidence to support effectiveness of the practice.
I try not to form opinions on matters that I cannot cross-examine.
You posit your opinion and allow others to critique you to their heart content.
If they cannot find fault in your reasoning you opinion gets closer to reality.
In matters around the world, I do not form much opinions. Where I do have opinions, I bring them to their harshest critiques. Case in point, I believe that modern slavery exists in many countries. In this case, media actually provides good footage, and their story holds water, it agrees with what I have witnesses. If we disagree, I don’t get angry and happy to discuss why I believe what I believe. Another example is trickle down economy doesn’t grow the economy.
I joined a wiki party so that comrades like you can critique my view. The harsher the better. And I am glad that you bring your opinion here, if you can substantiate with reasonable facts, I will not dispute them.
If you ask Trump supporters they watch fox-news and get angry at why other people consider them lunatics. Do I need to show you examples of fox-news lies? Happy to provide as many fact creations as you like.
If I trust ‘the media’ I am no better.
Wait. Let us not do a meme war, as I am face palming as well. Footage in a language that you do not understand, and none of us can determine whether has authentic audio is now conclusive evidence? Not trying to be picky here.
