Reply #51: Here's my take as an AIJ (Anti-Inside Jobber) you asked for it.

[vincent_vega_lives]

Isn't Cheney's continued linking of the Saddam regime to al-Qaeda and the 9/11 events the most "outrageous conspiracy theory" of all? Did it not have more real-world impact than any other conspiracy theory? The administration was pushing Regime change in Iraq prior to 9-11. It was part of their Grand Plan to reinvent the ME as a model of Western Democracy. Linking 9-11 to Iraq was part of that plan. How'd that turn out? Relevence to "Inside Job"? Nil.

Should 9/11 have been responded to as a crime against humanity, or as an act of war?
You can argue both. Handling anything but Domestic terrorism through international legal channels is all but futile unless you are dealing with closely allied nations. In Afganistan it would have been a joke. Relevence to "Inside Job"? Little or none.

Is it untrue that 9/11 was employed as the justification for military actions and domestic policies that would have otherwise been politically difficult or infeasible? Is it untrue that each of these actions and policies was explicitly desired and planned in advance by the main players of the Bush administration? Has the Patriot Act made anyone any money? Seriously folks, it's somthing that obviously needs oversight, but that's ALWAYS been the case when the legal strugle between the courts and the executive agencies are involved. The PA is a mere legal twitch in terms of what has been enacted temporarily in the past in the name of National Security.
Grand Democracy Plan again regarding Iraq...went well there. Did people make money? Sure, but you can argue Haliburten made more money putting out oil fires in Kuwait and the Big Dig in Boston than in Iraq. The cost of doing buisiness there is ENORMOUS. So much so Haliburten is geting out of the Military services buisness alltogether. Got into the buisiness in Bosnia/Kosovo, where the environment was a little less hostile. Not convinced of "Inside job" from this.

Do you justify the appointment of Philip Zelikow as the executive director of the 9/11 Commission? Does not this appointment on its face indicate a cover-up? Had to look him up. Only if you automatically assume everyone that ever worked for the Government is corrupt, immoral and unethical, and that he could sucessfully brainwash or threaten the other members of the commission. He don't look that scary.

What did you think of the original appointment of Henry Kissinger to be the chairman of the 9/11 Commission? Perhaps somthing if he didn't resign. Wonder who suggested him to Bush?

Did Condoleezza Rice commit perjury with regard to the Aug. 6th PDB in her testimony before the Commission? Should this not be a priority for prosecution?Perhaps. Perjury is always a tough one to prove despite the Libby trial. I do think the whole period leading up to 9-11 warrents further review on a tactical level.

Do you agree with the 9/11 Commission conclusion that the question of who financed the alleged hijackers is "of little practical significance"?Have not read the 9-11C but on the face of it I would say no.

Should the Pakistani money connection have been pursued? Should this not be a high priority? Obviouly a touchy subject. There is clearly a delicate balance within the Pakistani government regarding Islamist designs in Afganistan. The Intelligence services and the Army have been at odds since the 1980s. Were the US to push that end they may have risked the cooperation of a critical ally in the region by upseting that balance. The ISI was known to fund the Taliban's predecessors in Afganistan long before 9-11-01. It's not hard to immagine this money finding it's way into the hands of OBL or one of his deputies.

Should Sibel Edmonds be allowed to speak openly on all that she knows? Should this not be a high priority for opponents of the Bush regime? As far as I can tell no one is not allowing her to speak openly.


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