The gobberment cannot protect us. The only ones that can protect us are the citizens themselves. Be aware, be diligent, be brave. Flight 93 is a testament to this.
And you can save your fellow citizens. One of the instructors at a point shooting course I took a few months ago was an Israeli who had rushed a suicide bomber and prevented him from detonating his vest. And, of course, Henny's example of Flight 93 was an excellent example. We may never know how many lives those people saved by crashing their aircraft into the countryside.
Oh, look who wrote that Popular Mechanics article: Ben Chertoff He is the cousin of Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff. That's interesting, he owes his job to the events of 9-11. These are cherry-picked points in the article, totally ignoring the elephant in the living room. Who made the call for NORAD to stand down? Who planned the "exercises" on that morning? Who ordered the WTC to be powered down for the entire weekend prior to 9-11? Marvin P. Bush, the president’s younger brother, was a principal in a company called Securacom that provided security for the World Trade Center, United Airlines, and Dulles International Airport. "The World Trade Center was destroyed just days after a heightened security alert was lifted at the landmark 110-story towers, security personnel said yesterday [September 11]. Daria Coard, 37, a guard at Tower One, said the security detail had been working 12-hour shifts for the past two weeks because of numerous phone threats. But on Thursday [September 6], bomb-sniffing dogs were abruptly removed." --http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/wtc/ny-nyaler122362178sep12,0,6794009.story How about "The Project for a New American Century" (PNAC)? Ever heard of it? Read their mission statement and look at the names involved. The BBC has CONFIRMED that no less than 7 of the alleged hijackers are still alive and well. Why was all the steel and rubble immediately hauled away on barges to China for melting and recycling? This was a crime scene. Plans for taking down the WTC were drawn up in 1989. This was necessary due to poor chemistry knowledge of the original architects. The buildings were undergoing heavy corrosion because of the metals and processes used in construction. This was estimated at 5.6 billion dollars. A long, tedious process with the amount of asbestos inside the bldg....not to mention the lawsuits for the environmental impact of such a project. Plans were scrapped because of costs and liability involved. Larry Silverstien, landlord of the WTC as of July '01, pocketed 7.2 billion dollars in insurance compensation after some shrewd business moves and increases in insurance coverage between July and Sept 2001. He's the one on tape saying "pull it", referring to bldg 7 which housed CIA, FBI, Secret Service, and Mossad offices, and mysteriously collapsed. How did the towers collapse at FREEFALL speed? As in, at the speed of gravity. Bldg 7 also collapsed at this rate. Two words: Professional Demolition. There is no other explanation, period. The laws of physics and chemistry do not allow another viable option. WW2 was based on a lie, coaxing the Japanese into attacking Pearl Harbor so the US could enter the war. Korea was based on a lie. Vietnam was a lie. The first Gulf War was a lie because US agents told Saddam Kuwait was "side-drilling" into Iraq - taking their oil. CIA knew well in advance the buildup along the Kuwaiti border...it was allowed to happen. This War on Terror is the biggest lie of all, all of it. Al Qaeda is an organization created by British and US intelligence to oust the Soviet Union from Afghanistan...Osama is CIA-trained and still on the payroll. Ever heard of Project Paperclip? Operation Northwood? The US Government and Israel are the most accomplished terrorists in this world. It is well-documented. Hence the ire muslims hold for both. Frank Zappa once said, "A mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open." I'd suggest some of you educate yourselves in the subject of Reality ...rather than falling into the trap of nationalism and disinformation. There is so much more to the story...
Well was that a mistake? Should hitler conquer all the world? Should the sick japanese empire keep exist? See the point here? US did something good for the whole world, no matter if the event was correct or not.