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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 10:51 PM
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The Part of the 9-11 Story Michael Moore Missed!?
"FAHRENHEIT 9/11" documents that the American people have been lied to in the push for war. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Saddam was not a threat. Iraq had no link to 9-11. Iraq was not supporting Al Qaeda. The government of Iraq under Saddam killed far fewer Iraqi people than the government of Iraq under George Bush. The Kurds were actually gassed by Iran (and does the name "Waco" ring a bell?). The only nuclear weapons found in Iraq are the tons of depleted uranium munitions dropped on the Iraqi people by the United States. And, far from being the champion of human rights, the United States stands exposed as a willing user of torture on prisoners who in many cases were innocent of any wrongdoing.

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But, Michael Moore has himself either fallen for disinformation, or simply not done his homework, and seems willing to accept without question the official story of 9-11.

Now, it may be that Michael Moore just didn't care to get into 9-11 itself that deeply. Moore seems mostly focused on the aircraft allowed to fly out of the United States in the days immediately after 9-11 while the rest of the nation's aircraft were grounded. On these flights were members of Osama bin Laden's family. The Bush's and bin Ladens go back a long way. Osama's brother was George's business partner in Abusto Energy and source of the seed money to start the company. It is reportedly because of this connection that Osama was recruited to play holy warrior for the CIA in Afghanistan against the USSR. So there is no question that those flights did occur, and that Osama's family members were among the passengers.

At issue is whether this fact of the aircraft flights points the finger of blame for 9-11 at Saudi Arabia. After first being told that Afghanistan was to blame for 9-11, then Iraq was to blame for 9-11, one should take any claims of any Arab country being identified as the perpetrator of 9-11 with a huge heaping of salt. Michael Moore, who clearly recognized the claims about Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, the supposed link from Saddam to Al Qaeda and to 9-11 as lies, shows a dangerous naivte in his willingness accept the official story of 9-11 without question.

So, let's take a look at the idea of Saudi Arabia as the perpetrator of 9-11. Why would they do it? What would they gain?

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/printer_9638.shtml
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 10:54 PM
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1. MM was just building the backdrop for the real thrust of the movie
IMO, Bush Lied and people are dying and he broke covenant with the Military and the US and the world
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 10:58 PM
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2. Only so much information can
be put into a movie unless it's and epic 4 hour movie. He put in what he could without adding any speculation which would be open to charges of "he's lying". As far as I'm concerned, he did good and I'll give him and A+.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 11:14 PM
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3. Sounds like there isn't much to back this story though. I think
he would have given critics even more ammo had he gone that route. I don't see why BinLaden would take credit for it if he was essentially covering for Israel and the US. Unless I am missing something here, I don't feel it belonged in the movie. Moore really highlighted the true cost of war. And that is was against a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack.
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