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What makes a government work? Is it not THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED? Noam Chomsky has spent a lot of time researching and writing about "the manufacture of consent." He's written about NECESSARY ILLUSIONS.
The MYTH of 9/11 is precisely such an "illusion." It was a murderous spectacle for all to see: a psychic driver DESIGNED to drive the governed to consent to both domestic and foreign policies it would, in its absence, be unlikely to do. I'm beginning to think of it as the PUBLIC EXECUTION of our Republic.
Still, there is yet another phase to come. 9/11 did not lead to marshal law; the next, much larger event, undoubtedly will.
But is the whole "government" behind this? I don't think so. There are many people within every branch of our government who, like everyone else, BELIEVES that what they've been told about 9/11 is true: America was attacked by Fundamentalist Muslims who hate our freedom. They, therefore, BELIEVE that "Homeland Security" and the endless "War on Terrorism" are, however misguided, necessary policies. Since NO OTHER EXPLANATION has been forthcoming from "reputable" information sources, what else can they think?
Indeed, as you suggest, as terrifying as terrorists hijacking planes and flying them into buildings IS, how MUCH MORE terrifying it would be to think that this whole spectacle was A COVERT OPERATION planed and executed by a small but very sophisticated network of extra-governmental quasi-military forces, aided and abetted by a few persons within our government and military.
If that were the case it would go a long way to explaining what looks like "cover-up." I believe that there are many people in various branches of government who SUSPECT something along the lines I am describing. There is certainly sufficient circumstantial evidence to warrant such suspicions. Real "smoking gun" PROOF, however, is going to be VERY DIFFICULT to come by short of an investigation WITH TEETH. Even then we're probably going to have to offer a lot of PROTECTION and plea bargans to get anyone who truly knows of malfeasance to come forward.
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