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Was it my imagination that most people believed in a 9/11 conspiracy? (lemmy.ml)

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It's a bit shocking to me when I see people online putting 9/11 conspiracies in the same box as "MAGA" conspiracies (for lack of a better term, sorry).

For reference, I was 24 in 2001 living in central NJ. Even without social media or fake news websites or what cable news has become today, I have vivid memories of people having the firm belief that there was something up with the attack on 9/11. Was this just my social circle?

Jet fuel melting steel beams was one of the more fringe and unfounded (and quickly debunked) ideas but the rest of everything on that day was questionable. Tower seven falling, the missing plane debris at the pentagon and central PA, the military / president not responding to known threats, if a person with limited flight time could hit a tower, the fact that Bush attacked a country that had nothing to do with the event, and so much more are still, I thought, reasonable questions - especially when looked at together.

This is not about rehashing each theory. Or maybe it is? Have I missed that everything has been debunked?

I mean, I still believe 9/11 was an inside job or at least high level officials, including Bush, were aware it was going to happen and did nothing to stop it. I thought this was still a common opinion of most or many Americans over the age of forty.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The conspiracy is that the Saudi's funded it and the families of 9/11 are still going after them so I guess it's not a conspiracy. The stuff they found was pretty fucked up and deserves more investigation. Remember Bush protected Saudis and outed CIA agents probably to protect his obvious incompetence.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/11/us/9-11-families-saudi-arabia-lawsuit/index.html

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

so I guess it’s not a conspiracy.

It's not a theory* it is a conspiracy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

As I mention above, the central power in SA needs us to keep other regional powers at check and the Wahhabi in power.

Even if government officials where involved on the attacks, that would be against the direct interests of the Saudi Crown.

In all cases, 9/11 was stated by the perpetrators to be used as an attempt to take the US out of SA (sacred land for Muslims) and every one had allegiances with either the Muslim Brotherhood (and through it Iran), Al Qaeda or, like in Bin Laden's case, both.

This guy though fell from grace and started his campaign against the US during the Iraqi invasion, when the king and government decided that his plan of fighting with faith wasn't as sensible as US tanks and planes.

In fact he tried to convince the Saudi scholars to issue a fatwa against the US deployment, but they preferred to keep their necks.

What I'm trying to say is, the SA government is a cruel, despotic and brutal regime but had little to no benefit from aiding in 9/11. Did they fuck up? I guess royally so, but I don't see why would bite our hand.

Then again, I know nothing...