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wangdaning · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154

It is thought by many that mossad and the CIA were involved. There was also the group of Israelis who were seen and arrested dancing and taking pictures as the event happened.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081224050533AA1RO4m

The story ran on most large media outlets, but the stories are gone. They also interviewed on Israeli tv once they were returned to Israel.

I am not saying bigotry is ok, but Israel is a nation that has proven its willingness to attack other nations, including the US (USS Liberty). It is not far fetched or out of the question. The issue gets blurred because Israel is a "Jewish" state. Many people therefore place its actions on all Jewish people or feel any criticism of it is of all Jewish people. Both are absurd conclusions. It is kind of like when white people are blamed for slavery when less the 10% of the population was involved with it.

As sad as 9/11 was for many, the reaction the world has given it has been worse. Millions have died in the name of the victims of 9/11 (many women and children). I think this is the real tragedy of it all.

Isla Guapa · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:53 am Post subject:

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

I was working in British Columbia at the time, and had taken a couple of days vacation to make a camping trip to Hornby Island, just off the coast. It was a beautiful, sunny Tuesday morning when I woke up in my tent and flipped on a portable radio. I heard the reports of the first plane hitting the tower, but at that point the newscasters still thought it was a terrible accident.

As I packed up my camping gear I kept listening and then heard about the second plane hitting the other tower. I realized that we were seeing the opening shots of what I now think is essentially a third world war. I got in my car and drove home as quickly as I safely could. As soon as I got in the door I flipped on the TV, and within a few seconds saw the video of the second plane disappearing into the mass of the tower. It was like a punch in the gut, and I still find viewing images of that day chills me.

This past Sunday I tried to watch some of the ceremonies around the new memorial in New York. I had to turn the TV off and go outside for a long walk; watching it was just too sad.

I think back to what the '90s were like and try to compare them to the ten years since. It's not as though things were perfect then, but the world seems like a much darker, more screwed-up place now.

Captain_Fil · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:57 am Post subject:

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

I didn`t have much work that day and for some reason went to work several hours early, just to stop by to talk to my boss about a project we were working on and had no plans on staying, and happened to walk in when she was glued to the TV. I looked, and in the first moments, saw the plane go through the tower, and thought, "Don`t those damn fools know they just committed suicide", before I realized it was a suicide attack.

It`s surprising the stupid things that go through one`s head under emergency situations, or at least mine since I can`t speak for anyone else. When the Cuban missile crisis was underway between the Krushev and Kennedy, I first learned of it on my ride to elementary school. It was our dirver, the fourth grade teacher, a Canadian by birth married to an American engineer, who so dramatically declaimed the impending disaster, and all I could think was "why should she care, she`s a canadian". Stupid kid that I was.