# Did the 9-11 Attacks "Work?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 15, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088 "2009-07-15T05:27:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mozart1220](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Mozart1220](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mozart1220)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088/139 "2010-09-14T18:51:05Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> > [@Mozart1220](#):
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> > I listed them, and was attacked for it.
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> I didn’t see that.  
> I’ll admit that’s a coincidence.  
> \*\*\*A pretty interesting one you should add as well. \*\*\*  
> That isn’t. That’s just geography.
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> _ **“Just geography”? That buildings closer to WTC 1 and 2 with more severe damage didn’t fall, but building 7 did, and straight down?** _
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> What do you think the security company was going to do in the event the building was hit by planes?
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> _ **That’s not the issue.** _
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> > [@](#):
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> > And the big one was the fact that the planes that might have prtotected the Pentagon were out to sea doing “war game scenarios” was pretty big too.
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> Only if you think it’s unusual for the military to practice.

_ **I think it’s pretty convenient that they were practicing that very scenario, and were thus unavailable when it actually happened** _

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