I'm really confused about all of the people who dismiss speculation of terrorist involvement as "tin foil" kooks. Since 9/11, the FBI has seen fit to broadcast national "TERRORISM ALERTS" telling us that "major attacks or events" are a real threat in the very short term. All of a sudden, an airplane mysteriously falls from the sky within miles of ground zero, and the FBI and gaggles of uneducated skeptics are saying "Terrorists? What terrorists?"
And obviously you missed my point. My point was that there weren't plane crashes before 9-11??? Were they all terrorist attacks? My point was that the thinking these days amongst some here and in the country at large, is that everything that happens is a terrorist attack. A 50 car pileup on the LA freeway would probably now be labeled by some (those with the tin foil hats) as a terrorist attack.
My additional point was that a simple mechanical failure is not a sufficient reason for a airplane to crash... for some. Its not spectacular enough for some here. And therefore the government is hiding something.
With that said, I must say I have loved the discussions here at Free Republic for years. And while common sense is sometimes in short supply here when it comes to events like Flight 587, paranoia and suspicion flow like rivers rushing to the ocean.