I am, naturally, one of the first to completely denounce and reject many of the conspiracy theories surrounding the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While I do believe that the American bureaucracy in pre-9/11 society did fail to follow up on some staggering evidence that something was going on, I think the claim that 9/11 was an inside job is absurd.
It's impossible to go through all the reasons why, so as usual, I will focus on a few. First of all, the 'truthers' love to harp on about how there were bombs planted in the buildings themselves, prior to the plane actually hitting the towers. This video, cleverly set to 'Imagine', tugs at the heartstrings in an attempt to convince viewers. What they fail to take into account is that those planes had tanks full of burning jet fuel, which was in all likelihood leaking down elevator shafts - combine this with the fact that the sheer pressure of the upper floors collapsing on top of themselves would have blown out the windows - giving the appearance of an explosion.
Another theory, that 7 World Trade Center collapsed due to controlled demolition is also used to support their claim that 9/11 was orchestrated by the American government. In this video, you'll note that the narrator tells us that the Bush administration wants everyone to believe that the tower collapsed because of the fire… but in their attempt to convince you of why their version of events is true, they leave out some important key facts.
Heavy debris from buildings 1 and 2 damaged the south face of the building, resulting in fires that were burning all day - fires that burned unabated, due to the fact that the sprinkler system had to be manually initiated and was not, resulting in incredibly low water pressure. Very few firefighters were in this building as well. The collapse itself occurred when a critical internal column buckled and triggered a sort of domino effect of structural failure throughout the building.
Dear 9/11 truthers: this isn't rocket science.
