9/11 myths

Friends: there is so much bullshit being put out by wannabes about the collapses, that it is offensive. Look, you take a loaded 767 fill it full of fuel, and you have by sheer physics, an incredible amount of momentum and energy. It is a wonder that the sheer impact didn't do more. Then you have aviation fuel, leaking down through the building burning. A potent combo. It was enough. We did NOT NEED explosives planted by unknown third parties to bring the building down.

The presumption of outside "assistance" is sheer nonsense. Conspiracy theorists point to jets of smoke coming out at certain point along the building as the collapse is taking place. Listen, enough serious study by independent architects and other scientists prove that the moving mass of the floors collapsing was more than enough to take out the floors below. And, the floors below were already compromised by fire, heat (remember the leaking fuel went down -- gravity wins) and by the impact itself. The jets of smoke are a result of air pressure blowing out windows as the air in the various stairwells, elevator shafts is compressed and forced out at various floors. Lots of smoke on those floors too, not to mention pulverized dust, asbestos and other items. Those were not conveniet charges set to ensure the collapse: at that point it was on autopilot already.

Folks: we didn't get 19 (mostly Saudi) volunteers to take these planes up, hijack them, and fly them into the buildings to create the environment to allow Boosh to declare war on terror. Nor were the passengers volunteers. We did not bomb the buildings oursevles, not even the Pentagon (although many people in Cambridge would volunteer for that mission).

Get over it. A bunch of Islamo-fascists did the deed -- without our help. And they -- muslims all over the world -- do hate us. So do the French and others: Americans have this stupid and childish desire to be liked at all costs. F@@k that. We ARE the 800 pound gorilla and were born that way, and unless you WANT to start driving micro-minis, eating snails, and behaving as do the Surrender Monkeys, stand up and be counted for who you are. Or move. Yes, we could behave more rationally, try and comsume less fuel, not presume that EVERYONE wants to drink Starbucks and eat Big Macs. But foreigners don't have to buy them either. If nobody comes to your restaurant, you go out of business.

Now did they -- the planners of 9/11 -- really think that they would succeed in bringing down the towers? Probably not. They probably guess that they would kill more people, but the collapse was a bonus beyond their expectations. Welcome, but not part of the plot except as a "wouldn't it be cool" goal. There were probably some strategists in Afghanistan who said " oh, f@@k, this is not exactly the ideal outcome." THAT was the goal of ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. Fright, panic and a run on the market.

Instead, what they got was a parallel to Yamamoto's "Sleeping Giant." The trouble is that we, as Americans of this time and place, are not cut from the same bolt of cloth as those of the "greatest generation." We are too worried about our private luxuries, our sniping at politicians from the wings, pooping on our soldiers. I cannot imagine Americans of today storming off of landing craft to free France and Western Europe from the yoke of the Nazis. We are afraid of handling our avowed enemies (men who would cut off our heads with pockets knives on video tape) too roughly. "They should be granted their rights" ... what fucking rights? DO you think that Patton would have been squeamish about putting someone caught with a body bomb or the remote to an IED on the rack? He'd bring his OWN pliers and a list of questions. This is not "stooping to their level", this is fighting for survival with an enemy that wants you dead. If you do not understand this, or see this clearly, you are stupid, plain and simple. And contrary to the assertions of the Human Rights Watch, torture DOES work. That's why is was invented and is still practiced around the world. Not because there are a lot of pain pervs out there. There is a standing presumption in the relevant world that you will tell your captors everything you know. That is why you are not told of the whys or hows of your mission. And just because these terrorists have the fervour of Allah behind them does not mean that needed information cannot be extracted. Dogs? Let 'em loose. Would I like to be their boots? OF COURSE NOT. But so what?

IF we as a country do not move on this threat, we are all but defeated. Give Hillary, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, Deval Patrick, Teddy Kennedy etc., the keys to this country, and we might as well post Osama an invite to discuss his beefs with Hillary in the Oval Office. Time to move to Oz.