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In reply to the discussion: North Tower Exploding... [View all]gyroscope
(1,443 posts)69. You tell me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
Operation Northwoods was a series of proposals that originated within the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States government in 1962. The proposals, which called for the Central Intelligence Agency, or other operatives, to commit acts of terrorism in US cities and elsewhere, were rejected by the Kennedy administration.
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If Bush and Cheney were in office in 1962 (instead of Kennedy)?
No doubt they would have greenlighted this.
Operation Northwoods was a series of proposals that originated within the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States government in 1962. The proposals, which called for the Central Intelligence Agency, or other operatives, to commit acts of terrorism in US cities and elsewhere, were rejected by the Kennedy administration.
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If Bush and Cheney were in office in 1962 (instead of Kennedy)?
No doubt they would have greenlighted this.
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Watch the video. A large section of the building collapsed from the fire alone. n/t
cpwm17
Aug 2014
#53
Of course it free fell, with the help of all the floors above where the planes hit.
IronGate
Aug 2014
#7
"I'm not the one, however, making mistakes about fundamental physics concepts." Yes you are!
wildbilln864
Aug 2014
#65