# Did the 9-11 Attacks "Work?"

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**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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**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088/161 "2010-09-15T02:16:50Z")

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As futile as it is, I’m reposting [what I said in the other thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12906067&postcount=55)

> [@Why Have the Twin Towers Not Been Rebuilt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-twin-towers-not-been-rebuilt/553448/27):
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> In other words, “HERE IS THE OFFICIAL STORY. DON’T ASK QUESTIONS”
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> You people act like “conspiracies” never happen. I guess if you want to keep you heads in the sand where it’s comfortable, fine. Just remember, the more we let them get away with, the more often we’ll have to suffer these things.
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> Sorry, President Kennedy, no one cares anymore. We have our cell phones and 60" flatscreens, we don’t care about anything else.

JFK was killed by a Castro sympathizer, after repeatedly trying to have Castro assassinated. That’s pretty open and shut.

You want to go after real conspiracies, look for the subtle ones. Why did the Pro-Life movement get going in 1979, instead of 1973? Why is the Tea Party so angry about the deficit now, when they accepted pro-cyclical deficit spending in boom years? Why do politicians & interest groups in the central US manage to find a hot button right-wing issue for the ballot every 2-4 years (gay marriage, immigration, stem cell research…)?

The real conspiracies have names like Chamber of Commerce, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Tea Party, Democratic Leadership Council, Project for a New American Century, Christian Coalition, American Federation of Teachers, & yes, al-Qaeda. You can join one if you like. But if you’re worried about mythical unseen conspiracies, you’re distracted from the real ones in plain sight.

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