Reply #62: Here's what I think... [View All]

I've been on a long, slow descent down the rabbit hole on this one.
Like most Americans, I want to believe my government is at least marginally decent and (relatively) honest, and certainly not capable of something like this.
However, I think their behavior since then has been so down-right creepy, that I am forced to question everything in retrospect regarding the motives and causes of their actions, particularly in regard to Iraq.
The fact that they have such long-standing business ties with shady Saudis, who seem to be behind much of the real terrorism, gives me pause.
The fact that they have all- the military industrial complex, the oil industry, all of 'em- stood to benefit substantially from the creation of an open-ended "war" with a nebulous, scary "enemy" that will require indefinite funding gives me pause.
The fact that they (the administration) have dragged their heels, acted like they have something, lots of things, in fact, to hide, and wanted to keep large amounts of information classified, gives me pause.
The fact that they are going after people who aren't involved or only marginally involved with "terrorism", and using that as the context to violate every law of man, god, the constitution, and every international treaty or convention regarding human rights.. while simulaneously ignoring or releasing (Marabh?) or squelching investigations into people who are actual, verified, terrorists- yeah, that gives me pause.
The fact that you've got the most technologically advanced nation on the face of the earth coming up with excuses like "the president's cell phone didn't work".. and "we just didn't imagine this could happen" (when they were running an exercise that very day- strangely enough- about hijacked airplanes being flown into buildings) gives me pause..
The fact that an FAA supervisor not only destroyed the tape of the interviews with the controllers, but felt the need to cut it up into tiny bits and then distribute the bits into several different wastebaskets... Hmmm..
The Fact that "the terrorists" have gone from being on the CIA/Reagan's Paytoll to, now, the Saudi payroll (via Riggs bank?) ...gives me more than a little pause.



It's certainly easier to believe the official story. It's hella easier to believe Oswald acted alone, too. Well, maybe not "easier"- not once you start to really look at the facts- but certainly more comforting.

You know, on 9-11 one of the first things I did, after I got past the initial shock, was throw a videotape in the VCR- since I knew I was seeing something that was obviously major bad history. Recently, I dug the tape out and looked at it, for the first time in a long time. Not more than an hour or so into the attacks, one of the news channels- MSNBC, maybe? Had a phone interview with None other than James Baker III. I seem to remember it creeping me out then, but it really creeped me out to listen to it now, with the doubts I have around this whole deal.. He sounded cold, almost clammy, not agitated or worked up at all. The stuff he said sounded, almost, like it had been prepared in advance- and I say that because it just rolled off his tongue without it sounding like he needed to think about it too much at all. So, What was the first thing out of James Baker's mouth, essentially?

"Well, I think the American People are going to need to we're in a new situation, and especially realize that they're just going to have to give up some civil liberties"

Creepy as shit.