re: #131 Charles

Please note — saying that the Bush administration received warnings that Al Qaeda was planning an attack is NOT the same as saying they “allowed the attack to happen,” or that they planned the attack themselves.

Truthers believe either one of those two things. People who are aware of facts know that the 9/11 attacks were telegraphed by Al Qaeda LONG in advance of September 11.

Truthers self-label as LIHOP (Let It Happen On Purpose) or MIHOP (Made It Happen On Purpose).

LIHOPs believe the Administration, et.al knew specifically that the attacks were going to happen, and deliberately chose to do nothing for a variety of nefarious reasons.

MIHOPs believe the government planned, coordinated, and executed it all, and the official explanation is a Big Lie.

One might expect that the MIHOPs are the fringe minority of the two camps, but one would be wrong. No hypothesis is too crazy for the MIHOP crowd, including Judy Woods’ completely serious claim that the towers were zapped by an orbiting energy weapon platform developed by the Star Wars program, all utterly secret.

If I thought any poll accurately reflected that 35% of ANYONE took that the slightest bit seriously, I would be … disturbed.