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• Monday, March 17, 2008 02:13 AM

  @Brian Schlosser, a correction

  Thanks for correcting me: WTC7 was indeed on fire before collapsing. At freefall speeds. Into it's own footprint.

  The thing is, Brian, to accept the official account (aside from the issue of intellectual laziness) is to accept far too many coincidences that involve the intersection of far too many extraordinary preconditions.

  For al-Quaeda to build their plan around the one day when defenses would be on standby because of wargame exercises, using methods that would play perfectly into exactly the specific scenaria laid out in the exercises, executed by men whose most distinguishing commonality was a notable lack of flying skill, men who would fly some of the largest and most complex planes into three astonishingly small targets at high speeds...

  If you can believe all that in one package, then you're a better person than I.

  I can't believe that the home turf of the most powerful military force on the planet is watched by one video camera.

  I can't believe that a fully-laden passenger jet can hit the side of said building and leave a hole smaller than the diameter of the fuselage.

  I can't believe another passenger jet can hit the countryside and not leave at least a decent amount of luggage strewn about.

  I can't believe that after the collision of plane and tower, after the fireball, and out of a half-million tons of rubble, out pops one of the hijacker's passports in pristine condition.

  There are many more things I can't believe. Character flaw, I suppose.

  —huricane Read huricane's other letters
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