Sunday, May 13, 2007

Just Asking (Stupid) Questions...

It never ends:

Where are the flight recorders?


The ones at the WTC were destroyed in the crash and subsequent collapse of the towers. The FDR at the Pentagon was recovered, as were the FDR and CVR at Shanksville. (Update: The CVR at the Pentagon was also recovered, but it was too damaged to recover information from.)

How did Bush see the first plane crash on live camera?


He didn't.

Why were there no photos or videos of the Pentagon plane?


Because it was moving at a tremendous rate of speed and the security cameras were not meant for something traveling that fast.

Why was there no trace of the Pentagon plane after the attacks, especially the titanium around the jet engines, which were 6 tons each and resilient to volatile burning jet-grade fuel temperatures?


Many, many, "traces" of the Pentagon plane were found.

Why was the hole in the Pentagon only about the size of a scud missile?


A SCUD missile is quite a bit smaller than the hole in the Pentagon. This is typical of the Deniers; they feel compelled to exaggerate everything.

Why didn't jets intercept the airliners since they had several warnings of terrorist attacks?


They did not have warnings that the airliners were going to be flown into buildings. Prior to 9-11 most hijackings ended up with people making demands from the tarmac in Malta.

Why did passengers or crewmembers on three of the flights all use the term "box cutters?"


Not sure that's accurate (IIRC box cutters were mentioned only on Flight 77), but even if it is true, the obvious conclusion is that the hijackers on those flights all used box cutters.

Why was a security meeting that was scheduled for 9/11 cancelled by WTC management on 9/10?


Never heard of this, but it's another typical piece of 9-11 Denial evidence; something that acquires significance solely because it happened that day. And even if the claim is true, unless the security meeting schedule for 9-11 was going to include a demonstration of how to shoot down an approaching airliner, it's irrelevant.

How did they come up with the terrorists so quickly?


We've gone through this so many times before. They looked the flight manifests and the names popped right out at them.

How did they find the terrorist's cars at the airports so quickly?


Because once they had the names they started calling all the rental car companies. It's called investigating.

And some of the questions are just idiotic:

How could the FBI distinguish between Muslims and hijacker Muslims on those flights?

Why was there not one "innocent" Muslim on board any of these flights?


Well, if there were no innocent Muslims, then they didn't have to distinguish between Muslims and hijacker Muslims, eh? Note: I am not sure there were no innocent Muslims on the plane.

Interesting author's name, but it does not appear to be our buddy Jenny.

Hat tip to 9-11 Conspiracy Smasher.

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