Richard Hillman wrote: » I find the pentagon one strange. The white house is not too far from the Pentagon. It's genuinely about 30 to 60 seconds away on a jet plane. It sticks out like a sore thumb and has a massive open area in front of it, how it would be visible on a clear day (of which it was). Why on earth did they go for the Pentagon and not the white house? I know the pentagon is probably strategically more important but The White House would have been bigger. Strange.
Samaris wrote: » There are patterns, if you'll excuse my going on a wider viewpoint of all of these "contentious" subjects. They're roughly split in two, science-based [evolution, vaccination, climate change, smoking] and non-science/social/political [9/11, Sandy Hook, anything being called a "false flag".
Deleted User wrote: » I suppose certain facts like the hijackers passports surviving a crash that had the intensity to bring down a skyscraper with slightly charred edges and there being no actual undisputable visual footage of a plane hitting the pentagon despite it being one of the most surveyed buildings in the world gives credence to such theories existing
Dubh Linn wrote: » I don't understand all these conspiracy theories. The real truth of 9/11 was, 4 hijacked aircraft were flown into the WTC, Pentagon and a Pennsylvanian field. That is the truth. What makes people think different? Is it just because of the shock of it all? Could something like it ever happen again? What are the most common conspiracy theories? Is there any proof? The bottom line, they are all UNTRUE.
Dubh Linn wrote: » I'm simply asking a question - why are there so many conspiracy theories? Is there any proof?
weldoninhio wrote: » If there was proof it wouldn't be a theory.
Beyondgone wrote: » Odd that the pentagon "plane" hit the accounts department obliterating any paper trail for the 2.3 billion that was "missing" from their accounts..and only that department.. or that wtc 7 contained all the papers pertaining to the Enron fiddle, sadly all lost in the collapse, a result of that plane hitting it. No..wait... Nah.. just silly conspiracy theorist nonsense.
Dubh Linn wrote: » I'm simply asking a question - why are there so many conspiracy theories?
Yourself isit wrote: » It's interesting that the term conspiracy theory gets such a bad rap.
Joshua J wrote: » The complete truth is unknown OP therefore it is down to what you believe happened, or more specifically, what you want to believe happened.
Samaris wrote: » *shudder* While arguably true, this is a view I find a bit alarming. "We'll never know the whole truth, so just make up your own mind and that is your own personal reality, as real as anyone else's". It's just so...abusable.
Stockdale (commander VF-51 (Fighter Squadron 51)), with Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Richard Hastings attacked torpedo boats T-333 and T-336, while Commander R. F. Mohrhardt and Lieutenant Commander C. E. Southwick attacked torpedo boat T-339. The four F-8 pilots reported scoring no hits with their Zuni rockets, but reported hits on all three torpedo boats with their 20mm cannon. Two nights later, on 4 August 1964, Stockdale was overhead during the second reported attack in the Tonkin Gulf. Unlike the first event, which was an actual sea battle, no Vietnamese forces were, however, believed to have been involved in the second engagement. In the early 1990s, he recounted: " had the best seat in the house to watch that event, and our destroyers were just shooting at phantom targets—there were no PT boats there.... There was nothing there but black water and American fire power." The next morning, on 5 August 1964, President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnamese military targets which he announced were retaliation for the alleged incident of 4 August. When Stockdale was awoken in the early morning and was told he was to lead these attacks he responded: "Retaliation for what?"
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Yourself isit wrote: » There's plenty of reason to doubt the full official story. That said there's no firm counter narrative. It's interesting that the term conspiracy theory gets such a bad rap. Conspiracies happen all the time. A good number of wars have historically depended on them.
Dubh Linn wrote: » Have you not heard of the man being dragged off the United flight? Anyway, I thought that B767-200's were quite small planes that could cause a lot of damage. They were just 767s for God's sake.
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