Here’s a quick quiz for those who think that 9/11 couldn’t possibly have been an inside job.
1. Who had a motive for destroying the World Trade Center?
a) Arab terrorists, because they hate America
b) Neocons, so they could pass the Patriot Act and invade Iraq
c) Larry Silverstein, owner of the World Trade Center, for the insurance
d) All of the above
(correct answer is d, all of the above)
2. Who was the director of security for the World Trade Center up until shortly before the attack?
a) Marvin Bush, George Bush’s little brother
b) somebody totally non-suspicious
(the correct answer is a)
3. How many Bush administration officials testified in public and under oath before the 9/11 commission?
a) All of them, Katie
b) 47
c) 13
d) 0
(the correct answer is d)
4. How much did Larry Silverstein collect in insurance after the attacks?
a) 100 million dollars
b) 500 million dollars
c) a billion dollars
d) 10 billion dollars
(the correct answer is d, and the insurance company paid up without any questions. How often does that happen, eh?)
5. Who arranged the evacuation of Osama Bin Laden’s relatives from the United States shortly after the attacks while all other aircraft were grounded, and in total contradiction to FBI standard procedure which is to interview families of suspects first, as you should know from watching any cop show on TV?
a) some aircraft controller guy
b) George Bush
c) Dick Cheney
d) we still don’t know
(the correct answer is d)
6. Who had the resources to pull off such a sophisticated plot?
a) the Neocons
b) Arab terrorists
(answer: definitely a, possibly b but I doubt it. They haven’t pulled off anything similar since. The attacks in Madrid and London were horrible, of course, but they weren’t anywhere near as complex)
7. Who signed the Statement of Principles of the Project for a New American Century, a conservative “think tank” (how’s that for an oxymoron), which includes the sentence “Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor”
a) Donald Rumsfeld
b) Jeb Bush, another of George’s little brothers
c) Dick Cheney
d) All of the above
(the correct answer is d, plus about 20 others)
8. Outside of the twin towers and building 7 of the World Trade Center, how many other steel frame buildings, throughout the history of steel frame buildings, have suddenly and totally collapsed due to fire?
a) hundreds, happens all the time
b) 6
c) 0
(the correct answer is c)
9. What was President Bush doing at the time of the attacks?
a) playing golf
b) riding his bicycle
c) clearing brush on his ranch
d) “reading” to schoolchildren, which makes for a nice photo-op, but wasn’t exactly something he was famous for doing on a regular basis
(d, of course. You knew that one)
10. Would our government lie to us about such a thing?
a) Sure, happens all the time
b) Never in a million years
(the correct answer is a. Does the Gulf of Tonkin incident ring a bell?)