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The highlited question occurred to me as well. Perceived flaws in any side of an issue are worth pointing out, no matter whether or not it is hypothetical brainstorming. Hence, IMO measuring chance of Israel/Mossad involvement on a cui bono scale may not be as simple as 'US was already a staunch ally of Israel', even though that is true. Example: Maybe someone somewhere thought US wasnt staunch enough. I'm not claiming that, BTW. I just think its possible in world affairs these days. To be thorough, I'd put it on a checklist of things needing to be considered. Then, dig in and weight its merit before exonerating or implicating anyone. |
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Maybe you are wrong there. Remember the martians-venutians-earthlings metaphor?
Or if you like, shoot up or blow up part of Saigon to frame a party you wish to vilify, (which is part of what I referred to this time) as another example of my understanding of FFA. Another noteworthy FFA example may be seen in claiming mossad's predecessors bombed a hotel dressed as arabs in a false flag attack. If they were...(were they?) mossad's predecessors, it may behoove one to bear that in mind when weighing claims regarding what any agency, including mossad, may be capable of.
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A conspiracist belief can be described as “the unnecessary assumption of conspiracy when other explanations are more probable” (Aaronovitch, 2009, p. 5).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659314/ This applies also to the 9/11 conspiracy in general. " A wise man therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence". -David Hume This is the most useful epitemology for judging singular events that cannot be retested, unlike in the sciences. The proportion of the evidence points to the CIA involvement in those coups and other covert actions. Like Watergate, these exposed conspiracies from the past are evidence that they can't be concealed without the likely chance they will be discovered. In today's information explosion, the chances are even less that an important conspiracy that affects large numbers of people can be successfully hidden. |
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In Your Guts You Know They're Nuts. "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true." -Kierkegaard . "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. "- Marcus Aurelius A Truther is a True Believer convinced by lies. You can't reason someone out of a thing they weren't reasoned into.There's a sucker born every minute-Barnum |
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So let's start from there, shall we? There is no actual hypothesis of how Israel might have gained or lost from 9/11. So what is the actual basis of this hypothetical cui bono? There is none. There's just another level of speculation. Can you see where this is going? Let me lead you through it.
The conspiracy theorist suggests Israel might have been involved in 9/11. Why, we ask? Because Israel benefited from it, says the conspiracy theorist. How did Israel benefit from it, we ask? Well, we don't know, but they might have, says the conspiracy theorist. Why do you think they might have, we ask? Well, you can't say they didn't, says the conspiracy theorist. But that's not the same as saying they did, we point out. And the conspiracy theorist tries not to say what he's thinking, which is: Of course we should suspect them, because they're Jews, and being a Jew is itself a suspicious circumstance. And that is anti-Semitism; the belief that because they're Jews, they can't be trusted. Dave |
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Or....equal opportunity suspicion of any party that could possibly benefit in ways that could be stealthy or obvious. Bogus allegations of racism and antisemitism have flown around other issues. That can tend to muzzle peole. Like with excessive political correctness intimidating people, my radar lights up when I see any such allegation. Thats my reason for questioning here. Plus because we have ample amounts of corruption and abuse of power, I wouldnt be surprised if there are actual conspiracies no one has even noticed. |
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I'm not talking about anything to do with subjective terms of "acceptability". You're free to find suspicion of Jews, Israel, Obama, blacks, women, gays, Kurds or anyone else as "acceptable" as you please. I'm taking about pretext and agenda, and their associated probabilities.
Now, my collective experiences indicate that a suspicion of Mossad for the 9/11 attacks being unrelated to a bigoted pretext is just about as probable as a suspicion of radical feminist groups for the recent sexual attacks in Germany being unrelated to a bigoted pretext. And that probability is, to my eyes, very low. That's all I'm saying. You're perfectly entitled to see things differently. |
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Perhaps 'Israeli' isn't the right word. I suppose I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that their actions were State sponsored. Chertoff is a duel citizen. Bazant I'm not certain. His name means 'military recruit'... perhaps he is deep cover. You may want to produce people that grew up with him in Prague. Do we know he grew up there? A birth certificate doesn't prove he did. What we do know is that he's worked diligently and almost with autonomy to create a ridiculously make believe collapse sequence which betrays his profession, his degree, his honor, his country, and the lives of nearly 3000 ppl. Why would he do that if to not support State action? The same can be said for Chertoff who clearly betrayed his role as prosecutor in the criminal division. Sent from our shared looking glass platform |
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I didn't even consider Israeli involvement until many years after I understood that a drone was flown into WTC2, all three towers were bombed, and there was an effective coup in DC (via assault on the Pentagon and Congress). I'm not certain of to what degree Mossad was complicit but the "dancing Israeli's" and "art students" with demolition training sure got my attention. If anything, they with certainty were only players in a bigger game. Sent from our shared looking glass platform |
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Of course it isn't - the word you wanted to use is "Jews". Because you are an anti-semite, believing, quite obviously, that being a Jew makes people suspicious.
Which state, pray tell? Israel? Why - what reasons would you have, other than rabid and blatant anti-semitism? I asked you for evidence - twice. I am asking a third time: Show your evidence! You have none - you are an anti-semite, evidently. Haha. Of course you are not certain - because he isn't! I am sure he even isn't a Jew. Look, I found the catholic baptism certificate of his grandfather (als Zdenek - line 4): http://actapublica.eu/matriky/brno/p...86/?strana=132 [ETA] Of the ca. 90,000 Jews of Prague before the beginning of German aggression, an estimated 90% were murdered in the Shoah. Of the rest, most escaped by emigration. Of the rest, about half emigrated to Israel shortly after WW2 and the establishment of communist rule. VERY few Jews remained in Prague. Zdenek Bazant the younger was born in Prague in 1937 and lived there until the 1960s - if he were a Jew, that would be an extraordinary circumstance you'd certainlly find mentioned in his vita somewhere. [/ETA] You are a truther. How can I tell? Because you got all your "facts" wrong. No. The name means "pheasant" (a bird). You can fantasize to your hearts content; doesn't make any of it real. No - YOU want to provide evidence for the anti-semitic drivel you are dropping here. You are a truther. How can I tell? Because you reject evidence even before you see it, if it refutes your fantasies. Libel. |
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Your accusation that I'm an antisemite is pure inaccurate paranoia. I've seen the ghettos in Prague, have you? As you undoubtedly know, a Catholic male in the lineage in no way negates ones Judaism. Whether or not he's a Jew is fundamentally irrelevant. What matters is that Bazant has betrayed the ethics of his profession, the natural laws of Newton, and in my estimation... America. That's a fact, not libel. His 'work' was instantaneously used to sell the 911 story. Can you even fathom how much blood is on his hands??? In the "discussions and closure" article, I located the spot in his calculus where he sets aside natural laws to justify his absurd and treasonous "crush down crush up" hypothesis. We can bring that up in another thread if you like. Bazant also means military recruit, as you ALSO know. Birth certificates are commonly forged by intelligence agencies of all counties, as you ALSO know. Sent from our shared looking glass platform |
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Bazant = 4th century knitting needle.
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I suspect there are plants, but I don't have information about this particular man being one himself. What is available to be known though, which is apparent in other Americans too, is that there are people who inherently favor Israel above practically all else. Speculating about who is a plant is filler when questionable decisions and policies that have gone in Israel's favor that has cost the U.S. dearly are known. What is available to be known about the players involved suffices, so theorizing about the depths of conflict is irrelevant. However, it is worth pointing out that there was a recent episode in U.S.-Israel relations where the U.S. media revealed that the Prime Minister of Israel was trying to bribe members of the U.S. Congress to vote his way on the Iranian nuclear deal. It goes to show that corruption does occur between the two nations at high levels, but we need the facts to establish who is doing what rather than what they could be doing given their capabilities.
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In what language is Bazant supposed to mean "military recruit?
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Google Translate gives an alternative translation of "Rookie". I suspect it's as much a slang term as "rookie" is itself, so translating Bazant as "Military Recruit" would be about as accurate as translating the English surname Rook the same. But it's indicative of the bizarro world that Notconvinced inhabits that he thinks the meaning of someone's surname might be considered evidence as to their occupation or proclivities. I'm glad, actually, that it's such an obviously insane idea, because otherwise I'd be facing a whole shedload of sexual assault charges.
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This, after you invoked him as an example of an Israeli (which he obviously isn't) implicated in the 9/11 conspiracy (which he can't be, as it doesn't exist) as a defence against charges of anti-Semitism? Even your attempt at a defence against anti-Semitism is anti-Semitic, as you clearly realise from the way you're hastily trying to backtrack.
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1. Of course you don't have a particular foreign country in mind. Of course you don't. Just some double agents who happen to care about Israel more than anything else.
2. So you suspect foreign plants in the USG from some "unknown" nation, without a shred of reasonable evidence. Interesting. |
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http://www.dictionaryczechenglish.co...-czech-english Came up with 'pheasant' with synonyms 'nováček' and 'zelenáč' for 'bažant'.
'Nováček' came up with, amongst many other things like 'beginner' and 'freshman' with 'recruit'. Same with 'zelenáč' really; 'greenhorn', 'layperson', 'newbie', 'rookie' etc... There were other synonyms but the essence of the meaning of both terms seems to be 'newcomer' but not anything specifically to do with 'military' as far as I can see, and only to do with 'recruit' in as much as a newly recruited person (to anything) is a type of newcomer. However, even if 'bažant' meant 'undercover agent', are secret agencies in the habit of including these kinds of clues in the names they choose for deep-cover agents? @notconvinced - where did you read that 'bažant' means 'military recruit'? |
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No,not all Truthers are anti semites, but that so many Anti Semites have found a warm welcome and a home in 9/11 Truth says tons about the movement. And nothing very good.
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1. I didn't call the Israel-first people 'double agents'. I specifically said there is no available evidence for that.
2. It is not an unreasonable suspicion. The F.B.I., C.I.A. & N.S.A. have been penetrated before & the U.S. has turned foreign bureaucrats before too. This sort of thing happens in the intelligence business. -- To me, it is like terrorist sleeper cells. Do you know if any are currently inside the U.S.? Do you doubt that they are, even though you don't have evidence of them? |
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