Conspiracy Theories About Sept. 11 Get Hearing in Germany

Wall Street Journal ^ | Monday, September 29, 2003 | IAN JOHNSON

[presidio9]

Andreas von Bulow's book has climbed the German bestseller list, his lectures are jammed and, after two years of mounting frustration, his ideas are gaining traction.

His thesis: The U.S. government staged the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington to justify wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is a tentative theory, he admits, based mostly on his doubt that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist group launched the attacks. "That's something that is simply 99% false," he said at a reading of his book on the second anniversary of the attacks.

[MEG33]

People hate the USA so much that they want to believe this.It makes them feel better about being anti American.

[CatoRenasci]

This reminds me of the conspiracy theorists who said FDR (the class traitor) wanted Pearl Harbor to happen, a theory which my absolute hatred of FDR disposes me towards. However, having done substantial research in the area, my conclusion is that it was more the result ineptness and small-minded thinking rather than any conspiracy or intention on the part of FDR.

Well, there are Germans getting cozy with the Holocaust deniers as well.

[finnman69]

These LW fruiloops never have an answer for what would be the policy goal of letting this happen on purpose.

[Prodigal Son]

People hate the USA so much that they want to believe this.

This includes many Americans and I wonder whether its fair to characterize all of them as America haters. Some were long term freepers that have either been zotted or have learned to keep their mouths shut. I think it's more a question of just being nutty than anything else. For example, the JFK conspiracy people thrive on both sides of the political spectrum. I wager that in 60 or 70 years, many people- Americans included- won't even believe 9/11 happened and nothing you could do or say would convince them otherwise.

Think about the Moon Hoax guys. The technology simply didn't exist in 69 to fake it the way to the extent it must've been done (if true) but the ones that believe this particular bit or far-outed-ness aren't fazed by that at all. I doubt even when the Euro Space Agency gets their vehicle up to the moon and photographs our lander will the skeptics be convinced.

[MEG33]

There are Freepers that believe the government was complicit in or knew about the plot(911),but let it occur? I have seen some real conspiracy lovers on here but that one takes a real paranoia/distrust of the government or both!

[Prodigal Son]

Well, like I said, many of them got banned for spouting off with that stuff.
The ones I know of who are still here that believe that simply don't talk about it.

[VxH]

Who ultimately benefits from 9/11?

Not the Bush Administration,
Not the American People...

See Objective number 11:

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces.

From:

1963 COMMUNIST GOALS FOR AMERICA
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Entered into the Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 ._1. on Thursday, January 10, 1963

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=communist+goals+congressional+record

[1rudeboy]

I doubt even when the Euro Space Agency gets their vehicle up to the moon and photographs our lander will the skeptics be convinced.

Of course not. NASA is scrambling, as I write, to place fake landers, test equipment, and a rover on the Moon before the Euros get there. Bush gave it a blank check.

[snooker]

"People hate the USA so much ... "

Well they only hate the USA when a Republican is in office. When there is a socialist in office they love the USA.

You figure it out.

[Prodigal Son]

LOL- the funny part is, you could sell that one to the conspiracists. They'd just say "Well, oh sure the USA can get to the moon now. But they never could've got there in 1969..."

[Michael81Dus]

You´re right. The Bush Admin actually has taken no advantage of 9/11. But it looked like that here in Europe.

Bush´s approval ratings went high (>90%), he has tightened the laws and toppled down two evil regimes (Afghanistan and Iraq). But in fact, that doesn´t last long. The crisis in Iraq could get him out of the office, going along with an unfavourable economic situation. I consider the situation to be critical for him. Fortunately, it´s the same for Schröder. It´s not sure that he politically survives this autumn.

[americanbychoice]

What unfavorable economy? Germany should be as lucky to have the growth rates we have in the US.
Bush will win in a landslide. I know, reading the German media, he is losing. However, that is again false as is the reorting from Iraq.

[pepsionice]

My German wife even believes the dimwit story. She watched too many episodes of the X-files and thinks the CIA would readily carry this out if ordered to. The mainstream German media doesn't help matters by constantly bringing back up the rigged Florida election, the oil relationship with Bush, etc. I've recently started hinting that the Germans have a secret UFO base in Bavaria...and that the CIA has a contract with the Germans to develop warp drive. I think 40 percent of the German society are naive enough to actually believe my story.