9/11: Remembrance And Revisionism

So, yet another year has passed since that fateful day. Five years on some say that everything changed on the morning of September 11th 2001, others claim that not much changed at all. Nevertheless, roughly 3000 innocent people suffered a gruesome death on that morning. They should be remembered. As should all those killed and to be killed in other terrorist attacks. As should those killed and to be killed in the name of antiterrorism.

Most people adhere to the official truth saying that 9/11 was a terrorist attack executed by a group of young men from the network of networks called al-Qaeda. Others spend time finding cracks in the, as the prefer to call it, "official truth". They usually find the cracks (there are always cracks in every truth) and quickly end up in a completely different truth. "Arabs couldn't have been responsible. The plot was to advanced. Ergo: there must be Jews in the back somehow pulling the strings in order to reach that oh so elusive world domination thing!" "Bush and his staff is behind it all in order to attack Iraq and the Ummah in order to reach that oh so elusive world domination thing!" "The owner of World Trade Center is one of the prime beneficiaries of the attack, and thus must be behind it in one way or another!"

I mentioned the conspiracy theories in a previous post and there refused to link to any of them. BUT... One of the most well known 9/11 conspiracy theories, perhaps the most famous of all, is "Loose Change", a phenomenon on the Web. Now brace yourself: one of Sweden's major TV channels, privately owned TV4 (Channel 4) will broadcast Loose Change TONIGHT (that is tonight the 11th of September, Swedish time). Not the 10th or 12th of September 2006, but freakin' 11th of September 2006. How d'you like them apples?

This is TV4:s presentation of Loose Change (translated from Swedish into English by me):

"Loose change: 11th of September - A Conspiracy? The Disaster From Another Point of View.
Katastrofen ur en annan vinkel

11th Of September 2006 22:30
The disaster from another point of view. A documentary with another point of view on the terror attack on World Trade Center. A quarter of the world population saw the attack on September 11th 2001 live on TV, most others came to know of it during the first following hours. The attacks demolished three of the towers at World Trade Center, destroyed part of the Pentagon main building in Washington and killed 3000 people. But what if the attack did not unfold as we think it did? What if this event was manipulated to look as if we witnessed a terrorist attack? The documentary pose questions like; why were there no physical evidence that an airplane had hit the Pentagon? Where were the wings, the engines and the tail? How can fire from two airplanes destroy tre of the towers on World Trade Center when no previous skyscraper had collapsed by fire? And why did so many victims claim that they had heard explosions inside the buildings?"

I've seen Loose Change on the Web. It is very convincing. Very well executed. The producers build a solid case spurting out allegations, insinuations, accusations by the minute, backing it all up with footage of strange "puffs" on the World Trade Center facades, a black spot on a field in Pennsylvania, a too small hole in a Pentagon wall and so on. There's literally a wall of "evidence". But then (WARNING! Here's a spoiler for you) then it all falls apart in the end as fast as the the towers on 9/11: all of this, all the dead people, all the money spent on antiterrorism and war, all pre-training and planning by the terrorists, ALL OF IT... can be summarized down to virtually one thing: money! A group of very influential people wanted more of it. One might solemnly ask: wouldn't it be a hell of a lot easier to get more money and power without running airliners in to buildings in the most elaborate terrorist attack known to man? Wouldn't it be more or less just as complicated to invade Iraq, and gain from its wealth of oil, with or without 9/11?

The end of Loose Change is very similar to all those old spy movies and Bond flicks where The Villain can be persuaded not to destroy the world IF, but only if, his demands are met to the full. From his fantasy island built with unlimited resources and in posession of unearthly wealth and gadgetry, he will finally exclaim that "Yeeesss, aj vill nott distrojj ze earth vizz maj attomikk bomp IF you transfer FAJVHANDRED ZAAAUUUSAND AMERRIKAN DOLLARS TO MAJ SVISS BANK ACCAUNT!!!" I know, I know, the exchange rates were a bit different in those days, but you still get my point! Yes? No?