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The Failure to Investigate 9/11 Has Bankrupted America
Preface: This post does not discuss whether or not 9/11 was a “false flag” operation or an “inside job”. Anything other than a discussion of the negligence of the Bush administration is unnecessary for the purposes of this essay, and is thus beyond the scope of this post.
In case you didn’t get the memo, we are currently in a depression. And see this
And given that American citizens can be indefinitely detained or assassinated at the whim of the president, it is pretty clear that we now live in a police state.
This post will demonstrate – without getting into discussions of an “inside job” one way or the other – that the failure to hold a real 9/11 investigation is a core cause of our loss of our prosperity and freedom.
THE FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE 9/11 HAS BANKRUPTED AMERICA
Top economists say that endless war bankrupts a nation.
For example, Nobel prize winning economist Joe Stiglitz says that the $3-5 trillion spent on the Iraq war alone has been very bad for the American economy. See this, this and this.
The endless wars have also been a main component of America’s soaring debt:
And huge debts exert a very real drag on the economy.
As shown below, we wouldn’t have launched the war against Iraq – or the endless panoply of wars throughout the Middle East and North America – if 9/11 had actually been in investigated.
(Even the 9/11 Commission itself admits that there was criminal obstruction of justice and a whitewash of the investigation. See this, this, this, this, and this. As such, there has never been a real investigation.)
THE POLICE STATE WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE 9/11
The police state started in 2001.
Specifically, on 9/11, Vice President Dick Cheney initiated Continuity of Government Plans that ended America’s constitutional form of government (at least for some undetermined period of time.)
On that same day, a national state of emergency was declared … and that state of emergency has continuously been in effect up to today.
It is beyond dispute that 9/11 was entirely foreseeable, but – due to the extreme negligence and incompetence or lack of caring of the Bush administration (remember, I’m not getting into any other theories in this post) it wasn’t stopped. Even the chair of the 9/11 Commission said that the attack was preventable.
If there had been a real 9/11 investigation, the Bush administration’s extreme negligence would have come to light. And Americans would have learned that terrorism can largely be prevented if the military and intelligence officers are simply allowed to do their job.
As just one example, Dick Cheney was in charge of all counter-terrorism exercises, activities and responses on 9/11. See this Department of State announcement; this CNN article; and this essay.
The genius Mr. Cheney apparently scheduled 5 war games for the morning of 9/11. Specifically, on the very morning of September 11th, five war games and terror drills were being conducted by several U.S. defense agencies, purportedly including one “live fly” exercise using real planes. Then-Acting Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Richard B. Myers, admitted to 4 of the war games in congressional testimony — see transcript here or video here (6 minutes and 12 seconds into the video.
False radar blips to be inserted onto air traffic controllers’ screens as part of the war game exercises, which may have confused the heck out of them (see this December 9, 2001 Toronto Star article; pay-per-view; reprinted here). Way to let that one slip through, Mr. in-charge-of-all-war-games.
The military – under the Vice President’s command that day – didn’t scramble enough fighter jets, and then scrambled jets far over the Atlantic Ocean, in what Senator Mark Dayton called:
The most gross incompetence and dereliction of responsibility and negligence that I’ve ever, under those extreme circumstances, witnessed in the public sector.
And the knucklehead personally watched flight 77 for many miles, but – according to Secretary of Transportation Norm Minetta – stopped it from being shot down before it hit the Pentagon (and see this).
Americans would have learned through any real 9/11 investigation that Cheney’s negligence and mucking around in what should have been the generals’ jobs was partly responsible for allowing 9/11 to happen.
In other words, a real 9/11 investigation would have shown Americans that 9/11 should of, could of, and would have been stopped – and that America can protect itself against future terrorist attacks – simply by playing goalie well in our country.
And Americans – instead of being scared into immobility – would have been mad at our government for dropping the ball. And we would have demanded accountability and effective service from our elected officials. (Indeed, experts have repeatedly demonstrated that fear of terror makes people stupid … and makes them willing to accept a loss of liberty and other abuses they would never otherwise accept.)
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Instead, of course, Americans were led to believe that Al Qaeda was going to get us unless we took the fight to the Middle East and North Africa. The administration pretended that Saddam Hussein had a hand in 9/11 – one of the main justifications for that war.
Had a real 9/11 investigation been conducted before we launched the Iraq war, it would have taken away one of the two main rationales for that war. (The FBI was also instructed to blame the anthrax attacks on Al Qaeda, and high-level government officials pointed towards Iraq as the source of the anthrax, even though there was absolutely no basis for those claims. But that’s another story.)
Dan Rather was right when he wrote last week:
We have been so afraid; so hell bent on destroying enemies … both foreign and domestic … we have hurt ourselves and our democracy.
Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser also told the Senate in 2007 that the war on terror is so overblown that it is “a mythical historical narrative”.
And as I noted in 2008:
Former deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats, a 23-year senior CIA analyst, who “drafted or was involved in many of the government’s most senior assessments of the threats facing our country [and who] devoted years to understanding and combating the jihadist threat”, writes today in the Washington Post that the neocons have whipped us into an irrational fear of the terrorism. In reality, “Osama bin Laden and his disciples are small men and secondary threats whose shadows are made large by our fears” and our leaders.
This is no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention. The BBC produced a documentary called The Power of Nightmares in 2005 that showed that politicians were greatly exaggerating the terrorist threat for political ends.
And unfortunately, many in government have intentionally whipped up fear in the American public for their own political purposes. For example, FBI agents and CIA intelligence officials, constitutional law expert professor Jonathan Turley, Time Magazine, Keith Olbermann and the Washington Post have all said that U.S. government officials “were trying to create an atmosphere of fear in which the American people would give them more power”.
And former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge admits that he was pressured to raise terror alerts to help Bush win reelection. Fear sells.
And because 9/11 was never really investigated, the government – instead of doing the things which could actually make us safer – are doing things which increase the risk of terrorism.
As such, the threats from terrorism form even more of a “justification” for a suspension of our Constitutional rights.
The failure to investigate 9/11 has bankrupted America financially and morally, and has allowed us to stand idly by while our liberty has been destroyed.
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Yes the incredibly and perpetually inept and incompetent government pulled off 9/11 but they forgot to plant WMDS in Iraq. The only bankrupting going on here is the intellect of a gnat.
They did not need to plant WMDs in the Iraq, only the propaganda that there were WMDs in the Iraq.
pods
Exactly, we all know that no WMD were in Iraq and have for years, so we left right? Oh right...we're still there. (Propaganda) Mission Accomplished.
Riiiight, the government sucks SOOO badly at stealing right? How about systematically removing rights? How about feathering nests? How about every REAL purpose of government ie solidifying and centralizing power (money) at any cost.
Keep dreaming. Inept government only applies to low level bureaucrats and their ilk. It's a meme put out there by fiscal conservatives to justify (and they are actually justified) cuts in "social welfare" and other non-military and intel parts of government.
When you are talking High Command they know EXACTLY what they are doing. They execute it with horrifying precision and even when caught it all goes away. Just look at Iran Contra, they were caught RED FUCKING HANDED breaking the law, murdering, drug running and attempting to subvert the constitituon (Continuity of Government provisions since enacted in 2001, interesting they thought 20 years ahead, I guess that goes to show just how inept they are right?) and swept it all under the rug. If you think they are inept with their TRUE goals a bigger fool cannot be found.
remember the maine
And the Lusitania, and Pearl Harbor, and Operation Northwoods.....
and the USS Liberty...
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/ussliberty.html
Whatever the cause of 9/11, we are now a fascist dictatorship controlled by the NWO unnaccountables at the BIS and their minions in the global banking cartel.
Grand Theft will know no bounds going forward. Remove yourself from system as soon as you can. No TBTF banking accounts, or God forbid, safe deposit boxes; claw back your IRA and 401(k) from the paper shufflers; have a good weapon and know how to use it.
so, no one belonging to the NWO does not bleed? the NWO is when the 99%ers together, bring down, kill, prosecute, those responsible! once the culling of those responsable commences, there will be nowhere to hide, for them and their kin! we take back all property and monies that were stolen, and make things right! remember, soldiers and police would have to choose sides quickly, for they too have families!
p.s. we've got God on our side!
They know this is going to end badly. America lost their mind after 9/11.
Protect yourself: guns, gold, silver, water,
"ameriKlans would have learned through a real 9/11 investigation that Cheney was totally responsible for making 9/11 happen."
Crossing the Rubicon is unique for its examination of 9/11, the breadth and depth of its world picture—an analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narcotraffic, intelligence and militarism—without which 9/11 cannot be understood.
http://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Rubicon-Decline-American-Empire/dp/0865715408
There... cleared it up for y'Alls.
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A five minute executive summary for the analphabètes 9/11Morons* that haunt ZH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98&feature=player_embedded
NOX EST POTENTIA
*{eg...Smokey(Jim)Quinn... Kunt Denninger}
Great video DP. I have it on autoplay on my youtube page already, great summary of the ridiculousness of the "official" conspiracy theory.
Killer link DP.
From the bill [emphasis mine]
http://original.antiwar.com/bphillips/2011/11/30/war-on-terror-keeps-on-...
"Section 1031 of the bill begins: “Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons pending disposition under the law of war.”
The “covered persons” are defined as:
In other words, the president can authorize the military detention of anyone who is merely suspected of being involved with a terrorist organization, which are not strictly defined."
Sounds like just the right legislation to deal with a suspect like Cheney....the only thing the US is missing is the right President!
That is a great video. The dripping sarcasm is what makes it. Those who have been screaming about the actual events of that day (and the 7/7 tube bombings) need to watch this video for closure.
It helped me, as no matter what you say, people cannot accept something that would shatter their dream.
Too many blue pillers out there that do NOT want to think about things that make them squirm.
pods
Yep, that's what it comes down to. Willful disbelief of the harsh reality of what DIDN'T happen that day, ie the official story. Many intelligent people simply cannot countenance what really happened.
The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.
J. Edgar Hoover
Almost certainly talking about Communism, but his description of the psychological effect of the mind contacting that level of conspiracy is exactly what is occurring amongst official story believers who have taken the time to examine the facts of that sad day.
Here is Michael C. Ruppert, auther of Crossing The Rubicon, I highly suggest you watch as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQR2z4YCzDw
He also just authored another book called Collapse: http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Michael-Ruppert/dp/B003CJXJ8Q/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c
fantastic link, thanks david
Everyone must watch the youtube link posted by DavidPierre above, it is only 5 minutes long but it gives as good an education in government tryanny as anything else I've seen.
www.greedion.com
Victory has many fathers, defeat is always an orphan. SO would it be for bankruptcy.Nobody takes blame and the wound festers.
okay you had me right up until November 2008, when what happened?
nothing
and why did nothing happen?
when the man who won the election promised change
i mean this barking at an old trail doesn't get us anywhere
we have to remove Obama and start over again
okay mr obama would you answer the impeachment committee
why was it you did nothing?
911 was a natural result of subversion, as George has noted. the subversion started with an arabian exchange student. bill clinton and gb were in on it. obummer and all his ilk are in on it. bin laden was paid by the king of arabia to arrainge it. very well done GW. the subversion continues on so, something like it will happen again. we live in a cuban style of dictatorship and it will become increasingly obvious. anus lift to king obummer.
https://expose2.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/islam-expose-iv/
https://expose2.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/islam-expose-xii/
Obama absolutely is responsible for copy/pasting Bush era fascism. That said, lets not give Bush/Cheney a pass either. Easy to slip into the partisan thinking here and blame one or the other parties when both are to blame. Partisan thinking creates the exact tunnel vision that allows the rape of America to continue decade after decade.
Amen to that. Partisan bullshit keeps the focus off the corruption in BOTH establishment parties.
9/11 WAS an inside job, in the sense that a criminal element within our own government was involved. Israel/Mossad also played a large part.
Listen to Wolfowitz's own words in his graduation speech at West Point, months before 9/11. Count how many times he mentions, surprise and Pearl Harbor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcxI5wpDueE
Of course his remarks in the infamous PNAC report a year before 9/11 were also very indicting...
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor" (51).[14]
Ron Paul.
Either way, it is now clear that no real change occurs without killing off the current powers that be, thier political puppets, and all their offspring. Otherwise we continue the decline with increasing speed. The tell will be whether or not American troops really come home soon or not and whether or not TPTB go after Americans remaining liberties.
Once the police state has all the gold or guns, it is too late.
then we go after their families!
The 1st rule of revolutionaries is to kill off all competing revolutionaries.
real deep shit on her mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GmBclph0jI
Shit happens. And so, occasionally, do revolutions.
not often enough
Nothing new in this anti-Chaney screed. The Government has been controlling the masses with war hysteria since the beginning of the cold war in the 1940s. The Government had to get more creative with the disssolution of the Soviet Union. So there you go.
2003: Germany, France and Russia were right.
Try BEFORE WW 1, led by the Tavistock Institute.