>As for the government not scrambling jets or otherwise stopping this
>conspiracy--let's remember what happened in Seattle in 1999 when the
>cops panicked and made history. Big surprises happen. Seattle was
>the result of a general attitude among police forces that activists
>were not to be taken seriously. Sure, the U.S. government had talked
>about the possibility of flying planes into buildings (remember the
>photos from Genoa of the ground-to-air missile batteries), but
>nothing like 9-11 had ever happened before on American soil. Combine
>a smug, overconfident attitude by the U.S. government with a smart
>plan by the 9-11 skyjackers and voila, 9-11.
There seems to be a belief on the left that the national security establishment is always competent, that the empire can always get what it wants. It's never asleep or confused, it never fucks up. But the economy...it's always on the verge of a smashup!
Doug