A-Train said:
Therefore, it is hypothetically possible that a plane was swapped in those 8.5 minutes. It is this hypothetical possibility that has fueled the "no-757" theory that has so bedeviled the truth movement.
As far as I know, it's all the evidence that has fueled this idea, that hypothetical possibility is simply one tiny piece of a huge amount of evidence.
A-Train said:
In my opinion this theory that something else hit the Pentagon has been a complete disaster for those trying to find the truth of what happened on 9/11.
How is it a disaster?
T-Train said:
It has led many honest researchers down a fruitless path and diverted attention from more promising evidence, such as the collapse of WTC7 and the fact that no military jets were scrambled to intercept this mystery target as it sped to the nation's capital.
How is anything more promising than a hole in a Pentagon into which a plane simply does not fit?
T-Train said:
The hoax has been fueled on both sides-- by disinformationalists like Loose Change for whom the no-757 theory will take center stage on the upcoming "Final Cut" film, and by the government which has played a cynical game of releasing just enough evidence to lead the truth movement on in the wrong direction. The mainstream media, meanwhile, never fails to point out that the no-757 theory is supposedly at the center of all "conspiracy theories."
What evidence do you have that this is a hoax? And which evidence of all the available evidence was "released by the government", and why do you say so?
T-Train said:
While the plane swap is theoretically possible, it is ridiculous on many common sense levels.
I could say the same thing about what you just said, but subjectively judging it as "ridiculous" does not help find the truth, I don't think. And how many common sense levels do you know?
T-Train said:
First, you have to believe that the conspirators for some reason decided to execute a completely different method of operation on this flight than the other three.
No you don't have to believe it, the evidence points to that conclusion, no belief necessary.
T-Train said:
They clearly showed they stand down the air defense system and fly two planes into the WTC towers; why do something different with AAL77?
One possibility is that with the full size airliner they could not control the extent of the damage.
T-Train said:
Then you have to believe the real AAL77 was made to disappear somewhere and the passengers disposed of somehow.
You don't have to believe anything, the evidence shows that AAL77 was not what hit the Pentagon. What they did with the plane nobody really knows, but I see no reason why it cannot be "made to disappear" and the passengers disposed of. Why not?
T-Train said:
Under this scenario the conspiracy-- previously quite limited to the hijackers, the demolition teams, and the NORAD cell that engineered the standdown-- must now be vastly expanded to include the mysterious airfield where the real AAL77 is landed and the real passengers taken off and somehow disposed of.
You inability to fathom the existance of a top secret facility of some sort where this can be done does not in any way detract from the available evidence that there was no plane that hit the Pentagon. There are many possibilities as to what they could've done with that plane, what evidence do you have to conclude that they would not have anywhere to crash it? And in order for no one to notice it, they had to crash it not in a public area of course.
T-Train said:
Would you want to plan such a complicated plot?
Sure it's complicated, but many things in life are complicated like flying to the moon - but you don't see that discouraging anybody. Regardless of complexity - if it is possible and achievable, then there is a possibility that it will be achieved. And the evidence says that this is most likely what has indeed occured.
T-Train said:
But wait, we're not done yet. There is the crash scene at the Pentagon itself. If the plane was not AAL77, you now have hundreds of FEMA workers cleaning up the mess, some of whom are likely to figure out that something is wrong.
How are you going to keep all of them silent.
There are many ways to keep people silent, like threatening to harm their families for example. There are also ways to confuse people and make them think they saw something else, like believe they actually saw a plane or parts of one, especially with all the media repetition of how it was the 757 that hit the Pentagon.
T-Train said:
And then there are the witnesses to the plane hitting the building. What if one of them takes a picture of the plane hitting the building, and manages to prevent their camera from being confiscated by the FBI?
There are also witnesses who says it was not a plane at all. And as for a picture - have you seen any?
T-Train said:
The people who planned 9/11 were not stupid. The followed the old aphorism Keep It Simple and Stupid.
They were not stupid, and therefore, complicated plans do not intimidate them as they would stupid people!
T-Train said:
They commandeered AAL77 the same way they did the other three flights and flew it into the Pentagon.
Yeah but where is any evidence for that assumption? You've presented nothing but opinions and subjective judgements about how "not common sense" or "ridiculous" it is, but no evidence. How does that help find the truth?
T-Train said:
The only part of that that's true is the part about the plane hitting the Pentagon.
Or so you say. But you do not decide what is true, the evidence does, and all the evidence I've seen says that what you just said is false. Do you have maybe something other than an opinion that demonstrates otherwise?