Let's assume for the moment that there is some sort of weapon out there that is capable of causing destruction on the level of the WTC towers (ignoring the whole "turned to dust" thing, because that's just ludicrous in the extreme), as Judy Wood has posited. If that is the case, I have a few issues that I'd like to point out.
Number one: Right now, there is no indication (other than the putative cause of the collapse of the towers) that any such weapon has ever been used. Speaking from a tactical perspective, the notion that some entity (governmental or private) would possess such a weapon and would only use it once is sheer stupidity. You have a weapon capable of destroying 110 story buildings practically down to the ground; why only use it once? Assuming it was ours; (and taking into account the idea that we would have had to conceal the fact that we used it ourselves originally, possibly by seeding a story that we had been developing a similar weapon in secret and were now unveiling it in response to the attacks) we could have just used it on Saddam's palace, or any location we were sure a member of the Taliban or Al Qaeda was holed up and leveled the building. We'd very quickly intimidate our enemies into surrendering, I can tell you that. Heck, if we were unscrupulous enough, we'd parlay it into becoming rulers of the entire world (which the CTers would have us believe is the ultimate goal of the shadowy elite anyway) simply by threatening to use it on anyone who opposed us.
If it belonged to our enemies, they wouldn't stop at using it once either. They'd quickly use it on other buildings and key targets (like oh, say, our military bases and armaments, which are pretty easy to locate using something as simple as Google Earth), and get US to surrender to THEM, and we would now be living under some other country's governance. There's a reason they say "absolute power corrupts absolutely", because I can just about guarantee you that if any country in the developed world suddenly got their hands on such technology, we'd quickly become a one world government. Governments are, by their very nature, inclined to some unscrupulousness, and while they'd try to couch it at first as "protecting the homeland and the people", eventually the blinders would come off. And if it were owned by private enterprise, you'd have that issue even more; private enterprises are even more unscrupulous, and instead of one country ruling the world, we'd suddenly have one company ruling the world.
Number two: So, tactically it's a wash; what about other considerations? For instance; what powers this weapon? Is it a renewable resource? Is it easily replicated? Where is it located? Only reasonable place is in space, but the likelihood of our enemies (or us, if it belongs to our enemies) discovering which platform is the culprit before it can be positioned to take out other targets is pretty high, considering that most of the developed nations in the world have the capability to extrapolate locations using simple navigation techniques; they can then use their own military capabilities to attack it, since it's pretty difficult to protect something if it's in space. If it's located in a fixed location on land, how is it possible to target other areas? You don't build a weapon like that for the sole purpose of taking out one target; you build it to take out multiple targets (see the tactics discussion above). If it's on a ship, how have we/other countries not spotted it by now, and again, why hasn't it been used to take out other targets? And back to the power considerations; has anyone even tried to figure out the energy usage on such a weapon? If a weapon is so prohibitively costly to use, energy-wise, what sane individual is going to build it? Again, the whole purpose of building such a weapon is to USE the damned thing; not just once, but multiple times. The fact that this is the only instance where it could even be posited that such a weapon was used illustrates my point.
And lastly, lets not forget that all of Judy Wood's work was theoretical at best back in 2001; it's now 2011, a full TEN YEARS after 9/11 (which is an eon in terms of technology improvements), and we have yet to see this weapon or anything remotely similar even proposed by SANE scientists. The closest we've come, so far as I'm aware, is the development of EMP weaponry, which doesn't exactly cause buildings to collapse. Laser technology is coming along, but again; doesn't cause buildings to collapse.
So, what I would like to know is; how on God's green earth can ANYONE think this idea is even remotely possible when all the evidence (that was collected TEN YEARS AGO, not TWO YEARS AGO) does not show anything like it happening? And DOES show that four planes were hijacked (evidence to support this includes airplane pieces discovered at all four locations, as well as DNA evidence of the passengers, all the credit card records showing tickets bought, video evidence of the hijackers, and the eyewitness testimony of several thousand people who were physically present at the time at the various locations) and flown into three buildings, while the fourth crashed into a field? The only conclusion I can reach is that the people who honestly believe this are people prone to delusions and are extremely suggestible, and are being taken advantage of by unscrupulous people who have no qualms about making a quick buck off of them. This is what logic and deduction tells me; no need for a PhD even. I find it sad to watch someone who, at least at one point in her life, was capable of the intelligence needed to get such an advanced degree apparently spiral downward further into delusions completely unsupported by current science, and I am washing my hands of the entire issue. I will not post in this thread again; I have no wish to further exacerbate someone's apparent mental illness by encouraging discussion of utterly ludicrous theories, and I strongly suggest that everyone else currently posting in this thread do the same. We are not helping Dusty by catering to her need for attention; the sort of help she needs, most of us are incapable of supplying, and I for one will not pretend to think I can convince her that her ideas are insane. Dusty, the last thing I will say to you is this: I strongly suggest you seek professional help. You are clearly intelligent (the marijuana use and crazy theories aside), and I can find nothing but pity in my heart for your apparent downward spiral. I truly hope you can stop yourself before you spiral out of control. Take care.
