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Clinton, Reno and others were complicit in killing 163 Americans. 

If these people did what they’re accused of doing, the conspiracy theorists have wasted lots of time.  Roosevelt and Johnson can no longer be punished for mass murder. 

People may still be calling for the heads of Clinton and Reno, yet their lives seems to be quite safe and they continue to gain from their previous positions in government. 

Millions of people have been trying for a very long time to get those in power, who aren’t, themselves, working on conspiracies, tried and arrested.  The death penalty exists throughout much of The FUSA and, if important people still living worked on any of the aforementioned mass murder conspiracies, they should be tried and put to death. 

Have they been?  Has justice been served?  Have any of these conspiracies ever faced the kind of investigation that Truthers want to see regarding 9/11?  No. 

Look how much time, energy and money has been spent to bring these criminals to justice and it’s never happened. 

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont says the he has the crimes of “The Bush Administration” in his sites.  He says that we’re going to catch up to some of the things that “the Bush Administration” has done and reverse the worse of them.  He says that this will happen slowly but surely. 

He “doesn’t believe in conspiracy theories”, however.  So, as far as he’s concerned, the worse, most unforgivable crime The Regime may have committed should never be tried. 

I read 9/11 Truth literature and I read about the growing number of Americans who believe that 9/11 was an “inside job”.  I don’t doubt the claim, but I haven’t run into many people who’ve bought into it. 

I’ve never heard anyone in the US Congress say, in plain English, that 9/11 was an inside job.  I know that some members of Congress supposedly support Truthers, but where are the members of Congress who believe that 9/11 was an inside job?  How far are they getting in convincing other members of Congress that 9/11 was an inside job. 

The government of The FUSA purposely had 3,000 of its citizens killed in order to start a war in which 4,000 more Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died and whatever members of Congress believe this aren’t doing any more than they’re doing to convene a real investigation into what happened on September 11, 2001?  Let’s not forget that whoever they are, they’re getting no help from the lamestream media. 

How much money and how much time is going to be wasted by people intent on following through with this pursuit over the next 10, 20, 30 or more years?  George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and those we think were involved will retire and live a comfortable life.  Then they’ll die.  They won’t be punished anymore than any of the others who supposedly committed unconscionable crimes. 

One problem with those who believe in alternative explanations for events such as 9/11 is that they become divided, many adding to the original alternative explanations.  Many of the additions are based upon innate prejudiced, which may be why many people want to blame 9/11 on Israel.  Other explanations which split from the original involve activities or mechanisms that at least seem to have been born in the imagination of those presenting them. 

Consequently, since I’ve heard Griffin for the first time and read The New Pearl Harbor, explanations which all seemed, and still seem, legitimate, I’ve heard and read explanations that lessen the credibility of the original arguments. 

I believe that 9/11 was an inside job and I believe that those responsible should be identified, tried and, if found guilty, punished to the fullest extent of the law. 

What we’ve learned over the years and what we’re learning in this pursuit is that it ain’t gonna happen.  People who can really do something about such a crime will never undertake the momentous task needed to convene a real investigation which will produce legitimate results. 

A final self defeating phenomenon about conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories.  To those who feel that conspiracy theorists are out orbiting another planet it appears that nothing negative has ever happened in The FUSA as presented by the media and/or the government.  Can we blame people for doubting that everything that has gone wrong in The FUSA has been the result of a conspiracy by wealthy and powerful people? 

I’m not absolutely certain of what fighting the fights that we can win means, but, if I was a betting man, I’d bet that proving that The Regime was behind 9/11 isn’t one of those fights. 

Do I believe that The Regime very well could be found guilty? Absolutely. 

Do I believe that, if they’re found guilty, they should be punished to the fullest extent of the law?  Absolutely. 

Do I believe that, given the mindset of most people in the world concerning conspiracy theories, someone who can actually do something will actually ever take on such a fight?  Never, never and never. 

In some cases, horrible crimes can be committed and those who commit them will never be tried, let alone found guilty.  9/11 is one crime that will never be tried.  Like wealthy and powerful people who came before them, the 9/11 criminals will live out their lives as they wish. 

Before we exit this life, we should have tried to make the world a better place than we found it.  Trying to prove that the American government was complicit in 9/11, even if it was, only interferes with doing other things that can make the world a better place. 

Will I maintain this position for the rest of my life; the rest of the year; the rest of the month?  Almost surely not. 

In fact, talk me out of giving up.

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Give up what? by Steve Fournier on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 7:08:25 AM
Sure, why not? by p henson on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 8:32:45 AM
Conspiracy theories by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 10:52:05 AM
Vote Independent by Joe Reeser on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 4:07:39 PM
PS by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 11:12:49 AM
Don't Give Up. by Dan Merica on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 12:09:25 PM
But THEN What? by mrk * on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 12:12:22 PM
I agree with him and him and you and him too.... by sherry clark on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 12:39:49 PM
One more thing... by sherry clark on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 12:40:43 PM
Learn From The Experience and Communicate It by Edward Ulysses Cate on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 4:15:24 PM
What's Wrong with the Small Government We Have Now? by Michael Bonanno on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 4:26:49 PM
I agree, but . . . by Edward Ulysses Cate on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 6:48:37 PM
Getting on with life? by lenngray on Saturday, Sep 8, 2007 at 2:11:19 AM

 
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