Swing Dangler
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Well yes there are, unlike 2 people who have commented they could be convinced there was a device in the basement when others take a religious approach to the topic:What's the next step, Swing? What are you going to do with this theory of yours? Second, is there anything that can make you believe that the damage on the lower levels was caused by jet fuel and falling elevators?
1. I would like to see the possible route taken by the fuel that lead to the basement sub-levels.
2. I would like to see evidence in the North Tower that the elevators caused the damage and how that corresponds with the eyewitness accounts and descriptions in the basement of the North Tower.
3. Which elevator or elevators and what shafts were responsible for the damage?
4. Which of the three elevators caused the damage in the North Tower?
5. I would like to see the calculations associated with the energy necessary to account for the damage that the victims witnessed in comparison to the energy available.
6. It would have been nice if NIST would have used that big hole in the building as a source of oxygen when calculating the amount of fuel remaining in the structure. In my unprofessional opinion, I think this is a huge oversight.
7. I would like to see the placement of the victims in the basement in relation to the events and damaged they experienced.
8. I would like to see the evidence that NIST used to arrive at their conclusion.
This is a poor example to refute the hypothesis. How can anyone claim to know the mind and resources of an "evil Islamic genius" and his cohorts?RMackey, I assume this is the portion you were pointing to.
767's Couldn't Have Destroyed The Towers4
This argument supposes that the Evil Genius would know this ahead of time, and would thus have to have weakened the buildings or employed a secondary attack to finish them off -- because the towers did in fact fall, eventually.
Rubbish. A true Evil Genius would simply upgrade to 747's. Why not?
Upgrade the weapon of attack to refute the hypothesis? This is comical. Perhaps the evil genius already considered the greatest 'upgrade' available and found it to be too risky or unavailable .
Perhaps the EG does not have the operating knowledge or access to the greatest 'upgrade' available.
Trying to use logic to determine the mind and method of an evil genius is illogical itself.
Yes, and various intel agencies did notice, correct? Hence the numerous warnings including George Tenet's presentation to Condi Rice?In the scenario you just outlined, the airliners offer no advantages, and only risk -- in particular, the risk that someone might notice what a bizarrely complex plan they'd implemented.
Yes and the scenarios were worst case examples, especially if the hijacking was averted and the plane landed safely. Even this worst case scenario offers a psychological and 'lesson learned' advantage to the terrorists.
That of course makes you wonder, why would terrorists use such a risky method of attack in the form of planes in the first place.
Of course there is no logical proof for this statement only assumption. The implementation of a one plan is different than the success rate of a different plan. To judge the success rate of the plan, you have to know the goal and objectives and the benefits.because anyone who could implement such a plan would also be capable of a far more successful one.
What was the goal of 9/11? What were its objectives? How do the terrorists define success in relation to the 9/11 attacks?
And how did the terrorists benefit from its success if they considered it a success? I'm not aware if the terrorists have provided concrete answers to any of these success rate questions.
If the ultimate goal of Al-Q and OBL is the removal of forces from the Islamic holy lands and the Middle East in general as well as the elimination of material and financial support to the state of Israel and governments that are repressive to Muslims, then the 9/11 attacks were not successful at all. The attacks indeed had the opposite effect. So in regards to the success of one plan versus the capability of a far more successful one indeed is irrelevant to the discussion of an explosive device in the basement and/or in the towers in general.
Pentagon, Gravy? LOL! Yeah, Gravy, I wonder why there wasn't one at the Pentagon? Do you think they might have a little tougher time infiltrating the headquarters of the strongest military power in the world as opposed to a civilian target?No "Plan B" devices went off in the Pentagon. I wonder why.
No plane hit the Capitol building, yet no Plan B devices were set off there, or anywhere else in D.C. by the terrorists. I wonder why.
What terrorists claimed the Capitol building was a target on that day? Because anything else is sheer speculation and pointless in the point your trying to make. Again, your using yet another false analogy anyway. You may want to reexamine the site you posted an refresh your memory on what a false analogy is.
Beachnut, what does Jet fuel look like a ground level? Is it white? Is it clear? Is a dyed color? Please explain, because your completely ignoring the altitude issue in regards to fuel dumps and the white smoke below ground.
Interesting. You ignored the environmental destruction yet again and fail to demonstrate what shafts and the route the jet fuel and/or fireball took in your sarcastic comment. Your position is that it was a fireball or jet fuel or a combination of both, which is fine.GravyA device that produces a kerosene fireball that burns people and doesn't cause structural damage?
Nor have you demonstrated the required energy available nor the energy needed to cause the destruction in the basement areas.
Gravy, here are some more errors from you paper.
Not an error but is there any reason why you suspect the emergency breaks didn’t catch as they did in Arturo's account? Is there any reports of an elevator crashing on the 77th floor?That empty elevator probably plummeted 14 floors into a pit on the 77th floor. Wertz and Lawrence evacuated safely down the stairs, as did 18 other people from the 91st floor.
88th floor
“Roz”: ...an explosion of great magnitude blew off the entrance door through which I had just previously walked. It knocked us both down in her cubicle. http://www.servenyc.org/survivor_stories.htm
Dead Link, unable to verify the account.
87th floor: Jet fuel on floor
It was pandemonium and total confusion for the occupants and visitors on the 87th Floor. Bright white smoke was filling the hallways and liquid sparks were snaking along the floor – the jet fuel that had not exploded.
Carmen Griffith, who had been standing next to the elevator when the jet had hit, was engulfed by burning jet fuel that erupted through the elevator doors. Carmen was on fire, her skin peeling from her body.
There is no documented eyewitness to this account in the source, only the author’s words. Not only that, the author is completely wrong about Carmen’s account about being next to the elevator when in fact she was in the elevator.
Why Gravy, are you using this paper as a source is beyond me when the simple facts are wrong and were not checked for accuracy when writing your paper.

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