WHO DID 9/11? 12 POSITIONS ON TRUTHERISM v. OFFICIAL STORY

WHO DID 9/11?

12 Positions on Trutherism v. the Official Storyline

by James Hufferd, Ph.D.

Coordinator, 911 Truth Grassroots Organization

     We 911 Truthers are fond of saying that there are only two realistic possibilities as to who planned and carried out 9/11: So, in effect, you are either with us, or you are with the [real] terrorists. Lately, some have come to the forefront claiming a third alternative, that Israel or the Mossad, did it. But, how much have we really thought through the various possibilities either presented by the evidence, or that the evidence as we know it to date has failed to clarify? Without wracking my brains unduly, I have come up, in a little more than an hour, with a dozen categorical possibilities or variants thereof, which I will identify as positions real people do or could hold regarding responsibility for the crimes of September 11. I will comment a bit on each, then turn the list over to you to see what you think. Which one will be found correct?

Basic Position I – Official Version: Osama & 19 (al Qaeda) Muslims Did It.

     Variant A –  “Mastermind” Theory: Osama & the boys outsmarted everyone, thought of everything

     Variant B – U.S. Govt. incompetence/stupidity failed at every turn and enabled it to happen.

     Variant C - U.S. Govt. could stop it, but let it happen on purpose (LIHOP), for reasons.

     The known evidence says no to each of these sub-positions in multiple profound ways. The counter-evidence is too strong, while supportive evidence is lacking. Advocates remain almost uniformlly unfamiliar with the known physical evidence and rarely argue in specific terms.

Basic Position II – U.S./International Security State Made It Happen On Purpose (MIHOP)

     Variant A - Financial-Industrial Sector/U.S. Military Special Forces Operation

     Variant B - An International ‘Shadow Government’ Mandated & Contracted Hit

     Variant C - Linked Security Services Op (U.S., Israeli, Pak, UK, Saudi)
    
     Variant D - U.S. Security Piggybacked Onto & Effectuated A Terror Asset-Presented Op

     Variant E -  N Y Port Authority Job Amid Scheduled Exercises, etc./Beneficial Cover-Up Story

     Now we’re getting somewhere! Known evidence indicates any of these overlapping alternatives is possible, though Variant E stretches credulity just a bit.

Basic Position III – Israel/Jews Did It

     Variant A - It Was A Mossad False-Flag Operation, With U.S. Executive Branch Complicity

     Variant B - The U.S. Security State Commissioned Mossad To Carry It Out

     Variant C - U.S.-Israeli Dual Citizen Infiltrators Authorize & Carry It Out, w. U.S. Govt. Blessing

     States act in their own interest, and Israel, like the U.S., has a history of false-flag ops. Though some proponents of this position seem anti-Semitic, if known evidence leads here, following of same to embrace either Variant A or Variant B would not require generalized rejection of a nationality.

Basic Position IV – Indeterminate Stakeout: “I’m Not Convinced”

     This is the “safe” position, embraced most often for sociological (or pathological), not evidential reasons Normally, no amount of evidence will shake the partaker from being non-committal or lacking concern.  This person normally feels either totally powerless, overwhelmed, or stable compared to "fanatics” who do commit to a position and its responsibilities. Most such will participate cognitively only at the individual level (if there) and refuse to process or judge nuanced information from communal levels.

Final Considerations

     Many Truthers choose to deal with forensic (physical) evidence exclusively. As I’ve stated before, I accept that as a perfectly legitimate choice, which serves the 911 Truth Movement well by providing us many specialists (scientists and advocates for science) to lead and advise us in those primary areas. Forensic inquiry can lead us to evidentiary proofs regarding how the criminal operations of 9/11Were carried out and even rule out suspects who are known to have lacked the technical means to carry out the operations indicated. At the same time, much evidence exists in the form of testimony and circumstances that lies beyond the category of forensic findings and data, and may indicate directly who was involved and the nature of their involvement. This, too, is evidence. This, too, is legitimate and necessary to concluding the full content of the story and indicating who was (and is )responsible for authorizing and designing the central crime of our unfortunate criminal age, thus bringing that age of rip-offs and deceptions to a resounding close. And more is to be gained by pooling our search and evidence. Were agents of the Israeli state responsible? Circumstantial evidence increasingly seems to indicate they may have been. But, if such is ultimately found beyond a doubt to have been the case, it won’t be “the Jews” who did it, but a security agency and its henchmen. (Some variants of Position II also still seem eminently defensible). And, of course, those inside the U.S. state and establishment who enabled others and collaborated and approved of what they did – if it turns out to have been the Israelis or other approved outsiders – still would bear the primary responsibility. Because, I don’t believe you can be charged with treason against a country and a people not your own. And yet – to coin a phrase – let’s agree to let the chips fall where they may. And with malice toward none; justice alone is enough.

Jlh / 6/11/11