The lecture 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA (which is about wargames, running drills, then switching it live to undertake a coup) is about an hour and a half. The show after that was good too.
if you have the time and (can get it to work) then its worth a listen.
Sun, Apr. 16, 2006
| 6:30am |  | Webster Griffin Tarpley | | 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA | | Community Forum |
8:00am
| David Ray Griffin | | 9/11: The Myth and the Reality |
Err.... i couldn't link it right to the streaming archive for some reason (sorry guys) but you can look up te show given the information: Sunday April 16, 2006 6:30 am (programming timeslot: Mind over Matters)
2 comments:
(Writing drunk/tired again. I woke up at 4:30am.)
Interesting. I got to listen to 80-90% of the speech.
There are a few points, I think, at the center of this argument that are a bit knee-jerk, as they are coming across in the speech.
Firstly, there is an indignance, that Arab terror networks could have the sophistication to both highjack and fly a plane. This notion, I think, comes from a position of cultural superiority. There is an indignance there, of "How dare they." or "They're too stupid." Actually, they were very simple methods, and Bin Laden, et. al. had the structural training to accurately predict the results. It worked because it was brilliant and simple.
Another thing he glosses over is the steel & concrete superstructure's ability to resist fire. Steel is very weak to heat, even garden variety house-fire heat, which is why we need to encase/protect it. Once the several inch thick sheathing on the central column was breached, and on fire, the building was comprimised.
*shrugs*
How I see all of this is that these are growing pains of globalization. This doesn't make Bush & Co. or Teddy Roosevelt, or Carnegie, or J.P. Morgan less Plutocratic. But I think technology & change pushes the world towards a more chaotic state of greater catastrophe and greater oppourtunity.
Kaboom.
*falls over drunk*
Well said Mr. Pete!
*raises glass*
*falls over drunk*
PS - I've always been perplexed more by the lack of air defence response than anything else. That just fucking stinks to high heaven. O-well! Time for another rusty nail!
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