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Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by mjmsmith »

mannanj wrote: post #156

Unpopular question, how did a plane and jet fuel burn down a steel reinforced building? I believe in the entire history of buildings built as the world trade centers were, the only ones ever that burned down and collapse are these. The only way as civil engineers have explained it to me, that the buildings structural qualities could have been compromised, are with additional heat sources besides a jet and jet fuel. I…

> I believe in the entire history of buildings built as the world trade centers were, the only ones ever that burned down and collapse are these.

How many of the other buildings were struck head-on by fully loaded 767s traveling at 400+ mph? Is there any real-world example to compare?

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by yyyk »

tyingq wrote: post #229
yyyk wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>do not forget the >360 000 dead civilians the war on terror has cost so far. Most of them killed by the same people the US targeted. Funny how all responsibility is always given to the West even when the people doing the killing are their enemies. >the taliban back then only refused to hand over Bin Laden without evidence presented Also after he publicly confessed, not to mention his previous crimes. Their refusal h…

>Most of them killed by the same people the US targeted. That just sounds crazy given that our first retaliation for 9/11 was Iraq. Which had nothing to do with 9/11, and further...no "WMDs".

This doesn't remove responsibility from Al-Q's Iraqi associate - Al-Zarqawi - and his insane anti-everybody-who-isn't-Sunni-Muslim war which directly bred ISIS.

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by [deleted] »

yyyk wrote: post #232
tyingq wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Most of them killed by the same people the US targeted. That just sounds crazy given that our first retaliation for 9/11 was Iraq. Which had nothing to do with 9/11, and further...no "WMDs".

This doesn't remove responsibility from Al-Q's Iraqi associate - Al-Zarqawi - and his insane anti-everybody-who-isn't-Sunni-Muslim war which directly bred ISIS.

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Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by Sebb767 »

Tenoke wrote: post #162
asib wrote: post #45

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> It's tragic but if this wasn't in America I likely wouldnt have even heard about the event nor would it be influencing my life this much later due to the ways others have reacted to it. I hope this doesn't read as disrespectful. I definitely agree to an extent with the sentiment of this - there are numerous attacks in recent times across the world that have killed hundreds of people each and they generally receive…

>I'd be surprised if a similar event in another country was not covered by world news outlets. Well, I haven't really heard of the 2nd and 3rd one (though hard to compare) on the list and I doubt they've gotten even 1% of the coverage.

Especially considering that the 3rd one happened in November 2020. It's not like this was years ago and might be forgotten; we all were around then.

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by arminiusreturns »

post_break wrote: post #197

All I can think of is the people in Afghanistan when asked about 9/11 had never heard of it. We were attacked and then went after the wrong people.

While that is certainly one of the narratives the deep state loves to be touted, it's simply not true. One of Bushes first actions as POTUS was to request a plan to attack the Taliban. The plan was written in June and was on his desk on Sep 4.

We went after who the oligarchs who control our country wanted us to go after. The idea that it was a response to the attack was merely for keeping the public sedated and military/mercs fired up.

Solving 9/11 solves the war on terror. (most people don't have the stomach for ugly truths though)

Ask yourself, who trained the Mujaheddin in the first place? What foreign dignitary was allowed full access and use of Charlie Wilson's office?

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by yyyk »

maybelsyrup wrote: post #215
yyyk wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>do not forget the >360 000 dead civilians the war on terror has cost so far. Most of them killed by the same people the US targeted. Funny how all responsibility is always given to the West even when the people doing the killing are their enemies. >the taliban back then only refused to hand over Bin Laden without evidence presented Also after he publicly confessed, not to mention his previous crimes. Their refusal h…

> Funny how all responsibility is always given to the West even when the people doing the killing are their enemies. It's barely ever given to the west, and never in major media. And when someone in an anonymous internet comment dares suggest we might be morally accountable for vast amounts of innocent deaths - a trifle of a blip of a nothing in the discourse - we can count on certain people getting their feewings hu…

>It's barely ever given to the west, and never in major media

You must be kidding, or never ever read any major Western media.

> And when someone in an anonymous internet comment dares

Oh no. Someone disagreed with you on the internet. It's horrible even thinking about this. Nobody should ever be victimized like this.

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by neogodless »

mannanj wrote: post #156

Unpopular question, how did a plane and jet fuel burn down a steel reinforced building? I believe in the entire history of buildings built as the world trade centers were, the only ones ever that burned down and collapse are these. The only way as civil engineers have explained it to me, that the buildings structural qualities could have been compromised, are with additional heat sources besides a jet and jet fuel. I…

This is a pretty simple layman's terms explanation, and it was also easy to find via Google.com.

https://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0112/Eagar/Eagar-0112....

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by mastersummoner »

I went to Stuyvesant high school, and graduated in 2000. Stuy was a few blocks from the trade center, and I had friends who were still in high school that day. I knew people who saw the first plane fly in.

Was a bad day. There was a part of me that felt a weird guilt for not being there. Like, as a lifelong New Yorker, the trauma was part of my birthright somehow, and being away for school made me feel strangely removed when I felt like I should be feeling it in my bones.

My mother had PTSD for a good while afterward, and she lived way uptown from the trade center.

Was a bad day.

Re: September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time

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Post by throwthrow564 »

It's interesting how little the broadcasts of other nations changed whereas American news just replayed 9/11 footage time and time again. The CCTV played a soap opera and BBC was focused on mad cow's disease. It also appears that NHK was much more focused on a typhoon in Hokkaido.
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