Reply #47: Or you could just write her like I did.

[stickdog]

And then you'd find out that she suspects LIHOP. Yes, she's intelligently and sanely agnostic about it. But she doesn't rule it out. Nor should anyone else, IMHO, unless they have some sort of evidence that I've never been privvy to.

Inside jobs are always easier. The PNACers had (at least nearly) as good and as public a motive as Bin Laden -- plus better means and opportunity.

Just think about the official story of Flight 93, for example.

The hijackers knew they were delayed for 45 minutes at the gate. So:

1) Why did they wait until going past Cleveland to turn the plane around?

2) Why did they let passengers make cell phone and airphone calls, knowing they'd find out the hijacking was a suicide mission?

3) Even if there was some bizarre reason for the hijackers to delay the way they took control of the plane, why fly right past Pittsburgh -- where there were plenty of large targets -- more than an hour after you were scheduled to hit DC or wherever? I mean, how did these hijackers KNOW that NORAD would stand down? Wouldn't they assume that they'd only have a 30-45 minute window after the first plane hit in which to strike? I mean, the passengers all know what's going on with the other three planes, but the hijackers -- who are ostensibly in control -- don't?

The only way it adds up is if the flight paths were somehow preprogrammed in the planes' autopilot computers. Then it all makes sense -- the USAF/NORAD stand down for as long as possible, everybody staring at their navels between 9:05 and 9:45, the FAA's supposedly insanely negligent nonresponse -- all because of the all-too-common inefficiency of our airports fouling up the best laid plans.

Note that both Bush and Myers are first class boobs, so I highly doubt that either was "in on it." Also note that the natural response of any American invested in and making a good living off of "the system" is to protect the system -- especially in times of crisis. Finally, note that if someone in our executive/mil/intel branch was trying to cover up guilt, what could be more "perfect" cover than Bush reading to little kids and the "hijackers" targeting the Pentagon?

Remember the Maine.

Remember the Lusitania.

Remember Pearl Harbor.

Remember the Gulf of Tonkin.

Remember Operation Northwoods.

Once again, nothing is proven by this line of speculation. AFAIAC, I'd much rather believe Bin Laden did it, and I'm still hoping to be convinced of this someday. But right now I remain uneasily agnostic about the issue of US insider (or even Saudi, Pakistani or Israeli intel) complicity. And just as with the issue of God's existence, I can't help but feel that open minded agnosticism is the most rational way to approach any subject concerning which so many questions are unanswered and so many of the presented "answers" merely raise new questions.