Kludge808, on 27 December 2012 - 06:49 PM, said:
Ah, LG, that's the beauty of a perfect conspiracy theory. If there's no supporting evidence then it was all suppressed and it's an automatic win. If there's anything that could even vaguely be considered evidence in the CTists' minds then it is again a win.
Here here! Though I must say the unprecedented lack of physical investigation of the airliners, Bush and Cheney’s refusal to testify under oath, destruction of WTC steel members even after they had been marked of specific interest and for further analysis, etc, etc, etc, may all rather be indication of suppression of evidence. Anyhow, it all seems very one-sided. Bear with me...
Did you know that during the 70s, a group of Neocons headed by GHW Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and supported by Cheney attempted to exaggerate the Soviet threat? Team B the project was called, which opposed the NIE’s own analysis with intention to frighten the U.S. public and wider government into supporting more militaristic ideologies. Where there was evidence for Team B’s conclusions, it was a win. Where there was not evidence... well, that’s because the Soviets had advanced military covert programs... so they made it up instead. Of course later, such threats were found to be a Neocon fantasy.
Fast-forward three decades, and we come to the Iraq war on the basis of Saddam’s soon to be realised ‘non-existent’ WMD program. The same Neocons involved all over again, bar GW Bush now standing in for his father. And during that propaganda campaign, where there was evidence, it was a win. Where there was not evidence... well, that’s because Saddam was keeping it super-secret... so they made it up instead.
Now sandwiched between the above two episodes was a certain 9/11. Again the very same individuals at the helm, who we now know (or at least we should, based on the above) will scare-monger with propaganda and fantasy to further their agendas. They tell us bin Laden and ‘Al-Qaeda’ is responsible and kindly draw the boundaries of that network for us. Where there was the evidence of connected individuals, it was a win. Where there was not evidence that would stand up in court... well, that’s because bin Laden was on the run and hiding so they couldn’t catch him to prove it... so they made it up instead.
So it seems to me, that everything you mention above about the ‘perfect conspiracy theory’ could be likewise applied to the ‘perfect Neocon theory’... or is it that Neocons create ‘perfect conspiracy theories’ which should be equally recognised as such? I certainly know which is the more dangerous. It’s just a thought about upon which particular ‘conspiracy theories’ our attentions are best focussed.