After an extensive examination of the evidence, I'm now convinced that an elaborate "illusion" was staged at the Pentagon on 9/11. The terrorists used misdirection to make it appear as if the plane flew north of the Citgo station, performed a physically impossible maneuver, and then overflew the Pentagon concealed by a pyrotechnic bomb. When actually, it crashed into the Pentagon and exploded. The plan was to prevent anyone from noticing the crash until the fire had spread irrevocably throughout the whole building.
But the attempted illusion didn't work very well. Almost no one was fooled.
The question is how this clever plan could have almost completely failed to fool anyone? I mean, we know how they goofed -- hitting the light poles, being seen by all those witnesses crashing into the building, etc. -- but why? Such a failure contradicts the findings of a careful study of novels, movies and television shows, which clearly demonstrates that that
people who can do magic tricks, always get away with stuff. Watch
The Illusionist. Watch any episode of the Bill Bixby TV series
The Magician. Watch any Cruise-free episode of
Mission Impossible. Stage magic, when applied to unplanned uncontrolled real-world problems and situations,
never fails.
So then, how could the terrorists have failed to fool so many people (certain present company excepted) into believing the plane flew north of the Citgo and then flew over the Pentagon? I think the answer lies in the possibility that Arabs can't do stage magic the same way white guys can't break dance. Something happened between the time of Aladdin (who was Chinese anyhow) and today; the Arabs lost their stage magic mojo. Have you ever seen "The Great Achmed" or "The Amazing Omar" saw a woman in half live on stage? Okay, maybe you have, but have you ever seen him put her back together again? (Remember, without that part, it might not be magic!)
Just to double-check my research, I did a search on "The Amazing Omar" and found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntX5HTehPfg. I rest my case.
Respectfully,
Myriad