9/11 Mind Swell
Scientific evidence refutes the official story
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Global Research August 11, 2009
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14724
As we approach the eighth anniversary of 9/11 consider this paradox.
In the post 9-11 years the scientific evidence for disbelieving the official
government story has mounted incredibly. And the number of highly respected
and credentialed professionals challenging the official story has similarly
expanded. Yet, to the considerable disappointment of the international 9/11
truth movement, the objective fact is that there are no widespread, loud
demands for a new government-backed 9/11 investigation. The 9/11 truth
movement is the epitome of a marginalized movement, one that never goes away
despite not achieving truly meaningful results, which in this case means
replacing official lies with official truth. What has gone wrong?
Akin to the definition of insanity, the hallmark of entrenched but
marginalized movements is that they continue to pursue exactly the same
strategy and tactics that have failed to produce solid results. They
indulge themselves with self-delusion, defensive thinking and acting as if
the world at large must surely and finally wake up, see the light and
embrace the Truth. Years and, potentially, decades go by, but this quixotic
status quo remains embedded, as if set in intellectual concrete. There is
no brain tumor to blame. Nor any mass hypnosis of true believers to prove.
There is just monumental disinterest among the dominant culture, political
establishment and the broad public that is far more engaged with other
issues, problems and movements.
The 9/11 truth movement, at best, gets meager public attention when it
is derided and insulted, used as an example of persistent conspiratorial
insanity.
Make no mistake; I concluded a few years back, after using my
professional engineering and materials science background to study the
evidence, that the official government story is a lie. As a former full
professor of engineering, I firmly believe that elements of the US
government were involved with contributing to (not just allowing) the 9/11
tragedy, but that does not necessarily eliminate the role of those
terrorists publicly blamed for the events. Science, logic, evidence and
critical thinking told me this.
Who should we blame for the failure of the 9/11 truth movement to fix
the historical record and, better yet, identify those in the government who
turned 9/11 into an excuse for going to war, getting them indicted,
prosecuted, and punished for their murderous acts?
It is too easy to blame the mainstream media and political
establishment for refusing to demand and pursue a truly comprehensive and
credible independent scientific and engineering investigation. President
Obama with his tenacious belief in looking forward, not backward,
exemplifies a national mindset to avoid the painful search for truth and
justice that could produce still more public disillusionment with government
and feed the belief that American democracy is weak at best, and delusional
at worst.
Marginalized movements always face competition for public attention.
There are always countless national issues and problems that feed new
movements and distract the public. There have been many since 9/11, not the
least of which was the last presidential campaign and then the painful
economic recession, and now the right wing attacks on health care reform.
The 9/11 truth movement illustrates a total failure to compete successfully
with other events and movements.
This can be explained in several ways. The 9/11 movement has not been
able to articulate enough benefits to the public from disbelieving the
official government story and pursuing a new investigation. What might
ordinary Americans gain? Would proof-positive of government involvement
make them feel better, more secure, and more patriotic? Apparently not. In
fact, just the opposite. By its very nature, the 9/11 issue threatens many
things by discovering the truth: still less confidence in the US political
system, government and public officials. Still more reason to ponder the
incredible loss of life and national wealth in pursuing the Iraq war. In
other words, revealing 9/11 truth offers the specter of a huge national
bummer. Conversely, it would show the world that American democracy has
integrity.
The second explanation for failure is that the truth movement itself
is greatly to blame. It has been filled with nerdish, ego-centric and
self-serving activists (often most interested in pushing their pet theory)
unable to pursue strategies designed to face and overcome ugly, challenging
realities. The truth movement became a cottage industry providing income
and meaning for many individuals and groups feeding the committed with
endless websites, public talks, videos, books and paraphernalia. They
habitually preach to the choir. Applause substitutes for solid results. In
particular, it embraces the simplistic (and obviously ineffective) belief
that by revealing technical, scientific and engineering facts and evidence
the public and political establishment would be compelled to see the light.
Darkness has prevailed.
Proof of this are the views expressed days ago on the truth movement
by Ben Cohen on the Huffington Post: "I have done some research on the
topic, but stopped fairly quickly into when it dawned on me that: 1. Any
alternative to the official account of what happened is so absurd it simply
cannot be true. 2. No reputable scientific journal has ever taken any of
the 'science' of the conspiracy seriously. 3. The evidence supporting the
official story is overwhelming, whereas the 9/11 Truthers have yet to
produce a shred of concrete evidence that members of the U.S. government
planned the attacks in New York and Washington ." Similarly, in the London
Times James Bone recently said a "gruesome assortment of conspiracy
theorists insists that the attacks on the US of September 11, 2001 were an
inside job. It is easy to mock this deluded gang of ageing hippies,
anarchists and anti-Semites." Truthers continue to face a very steep uphill
battle.
A common lie about the truth movement is that there have been no
credible scientific articles in peer reviewed journals supporting it. But
those opposing the truth movement will and do find ways to attack whatever
scientific evidence is produced and published. It takes more than good
science and facts for the movement to succeed.
Besides the movement having too many genuine crackpots (possibly
trying to subvert it), a larger problem is what has been missing from it:
effective political strategies. Besides pushing scientific results and more
credible supporters, it did nothing successful to make a new 9/11
investigation a visible issue in the last presidential campaign. It did
nothing effective to put pressure on a new, Democrat controlled congress to
consider legislation providing the authorization and funding for a new,
credible investigation. It seems that people who want to blame the
government are often unable to also see the political path forward that
requires the government to fund a new investigation.
To its credit, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth does have a
petition aimed at Congress, demanding a new investigation, but has fewer
than 5,000 signers. The petition effort in New York City to get a new
investigation is commendable, with just under 75,000 signers, but national
action is needed. Pragmatically, both efforts are unimpressive compared to
other campaigns seeking political action. To get both media attention and
political support the movement needs a hundred times more documented
supporters, willing to do a lot more than sign a petition.
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 will come fast. The opportunity is
making 9/11 an issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. The least
delusional and defensive in the truth movement should think deeply and
seriously on what needs to change to accomplish the prime goal: having an
official investigation that compels most people and history to accept the
truth, no matter how painful it is, including the possibility that it finds
no compelling evidence for government involvement.
Contact Joel S. Hirschhorn through www.delusionaldemocracy.com
Democracy? ~ video
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23238.htm
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