{"id":104030,"date":"2014-09-14T11:06:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T11:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=104030"},"modified":"2014-09-19T07:50:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T07:50:13","slug":"911-the-mother-of-all-big-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=104030","title":{"rendered":"9\/11: The mother of all Big Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Lendman — Press TV Sept 14, 2014<\/h1>\n
\"Hijacked<\/a>

Hijacked airliner flies into the WTC. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

They\u2019re an American tradition. They date from the republic\u2019s inception. Notable ones began in the mid-19th century.<\/span><\/p>\n

They facilitated annexing Texas. Half of Mexico followed. America became Cuba\u2019s colonial power.<\/span><\/p>\n

Controlling the Philippines, Guam, Samoa, Hawaii, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Canal Zone, Puerto Rico and other territories followed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1917, Woodrow Wilson manipulated public sentiment. He did so with Big Lies.<\/span><\/p>\n

They turned most Americans into raging German haters. Big Lies work this way. Wilson got the war he wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n

FDR manipulated Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. Doing so let him wage war.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had to convince Congress and a pacifist public to go along.<\/span><\/p>\n

What better way than by manufacturing terror.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington and Seoul conspired against Pyongyang. Numerous 1949\/1950 cross-border incursions provoked its June response. Truman got the war he wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n

War against North Vietnam followed the fake August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Doing so authorized war without declaring it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reagan\u2019s 1983 Grenada invasion had nothing to do with rescuing US medical students. It was about replacing leftist New Jewel Movement governance with pro-Western stooge allies.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 1989, manufactured incidents precipitated America\u2019s Panama invasion. Former US ally Manuel Noriega was deposed. At issue was forgetting who\u2019s boss.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August 1990, Washington colluded with Kuwait\u2019s al-Sabah monarchy. Saddam Hussein was entrapped to invade.<\/span><\/p>\n

In January 1991, the Persian Gulf War followed. Over two decades of sanctions, war, occupation, and destruction of the \u201ccradle of civilization\u201d followed.<\/span><\/p>\n

It bears repeating. 9\/11 is the mother of all Big Lies. Thirteen years of imperial wars followed.<\/span><\/p>\n

They continue. One country after another is targeted. Ravaging, destroying, colonizing, exploiting and controlling them reflect official US policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeland wars target Muslims, people of color, Latino immigrants and working Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Award-winning author David Ray Griffin researched 9\/11 exhaustively. He did so in 10 books, many articles and lectures. He provided vital evidence too important to ignore.<\/span><\/p>\n

In April 2006, he discussed \u201c9\/11: The Myth and the Reality,\u201d saying:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would seem, for many reasons, that the official story of 9\/11, which has served as a religious Myth in the intervening years (and still does), is a myth in the pejorative sense of a story that does not correspond to reality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In September 2008, Griffin headlined \u201cSeptember 11, 2001: 21 Reasons to Question the Official Story about 9\/11.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI admitted it \u201cha(d) no hard evidence connecting\u201d 9\/11 to bin Laden.<\/span><\/p>\n

So-called devout Muslim alleged hijackers drank heavily, frequented strip clubs and paid for sex.<\/span><\/p>\n

Technology in 2001 made cell phone calls made from above 30,000 feet impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI lied claiming Mohamed Atta\u2019s left behind luggage contained \u201cdecisive evidence\u201d about Al Qaeda responsibility for the attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Passports allegedly found at United 93\u2032s crash site were fake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alleged hijackers weren\u2019t aboard the four fateful flights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Standing operating intercept procedures weren\u2019t followed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said Dick Cheney \u201capparently confirmed a stand-down order\u201d prior to an alleged plane striking the Pentagon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 9\/11 whitewash Commission deleted Mineta\u2019s comment from its official report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secret Service agents let Bush remain at a Sarasota, FL school for 30 minutes after learning about the second twin tower strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Standard procedure calls for securing his safety immediately in case of potential danger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jet fuel doesn\u2019t heat high enough to melt or cause rigid steel columns to crumble.<\/span><\/p>\n

Doing so is \u201cscientifically impossible.\u201d Controlled demolitions destroyed both towers. Building 7 fell the same way. Griffin explained other Big Lies.<\/span><\/p>\n

He concluded saying growing numbers of \u201cphysicists, chemists, architects, engineers, pilots, former military officers, and former intelligence officers reject the official 9\/11 myth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In June 2010, he headlined \u201cDid 9\/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Asking is verboten. It\u2019s \u201coff-limits,\u201d said Griffin. It\u2019s \u201cnot to be raised in polite company, and certainly not in the mainstream media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s forbidden \u201cto ask whether the original invasion was justified by the 9\/11 attacks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

No evidence linked them to Afghanistan. Attacking a country posing America no threat is lawless aggression.<\/span><\/p>\n

War without mercy continues. It does so without Security Council authorization, Griffin explained. Claims otherwise are false.<\/span><\/p>\n

No moral justification for war exists. Contrary arguments were Big Lies. America decided to invade Afghanistan two months before 9\/11, said Griffin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reasons for doing so differ from official Big Lies. Invading had nothing to do with \u201ccaptur(ing) or kill(ing) Osama bin Laden,\u201d Griffin explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or defeating Al Qaeda. Or other nonexistent threats.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was about advancing America\u2019s imperium. It was to colonize and control a strategic territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Afghanistan is a geopolitical prize. At issue is controlling Eurasia\u2019s vast oil, gas and other resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s controlling the world\u2019s largest opium supply. It floods global markets with heroin.<\/span><\/p>\n

It provides enormous profits for Wall Street. It gives CIA access to billions of dollars in illicit drug money.<\/span><\/p>\n

Occupied Afghanistan gives America a strategically located land-based aircraft carrier. It\u2019s part of Washington\u2019s plan to encircle Russia and China with bases.<\/span><\/p>\n

9\/11 was a convenient pretext. It was the mother of all Big Lies. Wars without end followed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Griffin calls America\u2019s Afghan war \u201can abomination.\u201d The \u201cofficial rationale (given) is a lie. We are there for other reasons,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

No legal or moral justification exists. \u201cThe fact that the official story is a lie makes (America\u2019s) war crimes even worse.\u201d They continue daily out of sight and mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his book \u201cFreedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire,\u201d John Pilger called Afghanistan \u201cthe grand illusion of the American cause.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, \u201c(t)rough all the humanitarian crises in living memory, no country has been abused and suffered more, and none has been helped less, than Afghanistan,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

America\u2019s presence exacerbates horrific conditions. Death, destruction and daily violence persist. They haunt daily life. Human misery is extreme.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace, stability and freedom remain distant hopes. Maybe \u201cnext time,\u201d says Pilger. For sure no time soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not as long as permanent US occupation continues. America has no plans to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, September 11, this writer\u2019s Progressive Radio News Hour features new Consensus 9\/11 information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Woodworth will discuss it. She\u2019ll explain newly discovered truths. \u201cBest evidence\u201d proof is presented. It dispels official Big Lies. Consensus 9\/11 is founded on:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c(1) The opinions of respected authorities, based on professional experience, descriptive studies, and reports of expert committees.<\/span><\/p>\n

(2) Physical data in the form of photographs, videotapes, court testimony, witness reports, and FOIA releases.<\/span><\/p>\n

(3) Direct rather than circumstantial evidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s based on \u201cintegrating individual professional expertise with the best available documentary and scientific evidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Doing so is similar to how doctors diagnose illnesses. It\u2019s how forecasts based on best judgments are made.<\/span><\/p>\n

Revisions based on new evidence are encouraged. Doing so reveals important truths.<\/span><\/p>\n

No airliner black boxes were found at the World Trade Center site. New evidence refutes the official claim. Woodworth will explain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over a three-year period, 24 Consensus 9\/11 panel members produced 44 peer-reviewed Big Truths. They refute official Big Lies.<\/span><\/p>\n

New information keeps surfacing. Consensus 9\/11 is dedicated to explaining what everyone needs to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, 10 so-called Muslim hijackers allegedly broke into the cockpits of four aircraft. Supposedly they commandeered them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet none of the pilots or co-pilots \u201csquawked\u201d the 7500 hijack code. Nor does proof exist to verify numerous other official Big Lies.<\/span><\/p>\n

9\/11 is the mother of all them all. Truth is its mortal enemy. Revealing it is crucially important. Spreading it lets many others know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Growing numbers of Americans and others worldwide reject the official 9\/11 myth.<\/span><\/p>\n

They do so for good reason. It\u2019s a bald-faced lie. It\u2019s by far the most harmful one in living memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Millions of corpses attest to America\u2019s barbarity. The mother of all Big Lies persists. Imperial wars rage without end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Freedom in America is dying. Obama targets it for elimination altogether. He presides over a ruthless police state apparatus.<\/span><\/p>\n

No one is free and safe. Big Brother watches everyone. Mass surveillance is official US policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

So is targeting anyone resisting US authority. Monied interests alone matter. Advancing America\u2019s imperium serves them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whistleblowers exposing government crimes are targeted. Dissent is increasingly criminalized.<\/span><\/p>\n

Constitutional rights are vanishing in plain sight. The Patriot Act alone eliminated fundamental freedoms. Nancy Chang once asked \u201c(w)hat\u2019s so patriotic about trampling on the Bill of Rights?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The American dream is more myth than reality. George Carlin once said \u201c(y)ou have to be asleep to believe it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama won\u2019t prosecute CIA torturers. He facilitates Wall Street grand theft. Corporate crooks run America.<\/span><\/p>\n

War-profiteering is the national pastime. Thirdworldizing America is official policy. So is waging war on humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Habeas protection no longer exists. Or due process and judicial fairness. Anyone can be criminalized for any reason or none at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police states operate this way. Obama is judge, jury and executioner. He usurped diktat power.<\/span><\/p>\n

He can claim emergency authority to declare martial law, suspend the Constitution for national security reasons, deploy federal and\/or National Guard troops on city streets, and suppress whatever he calls disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Included are peaceful protests. At issue is abolishing fundamental First Amendment rights. Without them all others are at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

They include free expression, a free press, public assembly, religious freedom, and right to petition government for redress. No longer.<\/span><\/p>\n

America is unfit to live in. It\u2019s on a fast track to tyranny. It\u2019s perilously close to full-blown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps just another 9\/11-type False Flag away. The fullness of time will tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.<\/span><\/p>\n

GJH\/GJH<\/span><\/p>\n

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