Panthera tigris FC said:
So you accept that the twin towers did collapse due to the airliner impacts? Your questions revolve around WTC7 and apparent prior knowledge? According to this
site which has collected information from numerous sources WTC7 was abandoned sometime between 2pm and 2.30pm due to questions over its structural integrity. The entire area was evacuated at 4.30pm due to its anticipated collapse. Plenty of misinformation was broadcast on the day as confusion reigned. How it goes from this to an assertion that it was demolished is beyond me.
It doesn't. Most assertions that WTC7 was demolished come from the failure by NIST to adequately explain why the building collapsed on free fall speed and why it didn't lean towards the area that had supposedly sustained major structural damage when tower 1 collapsed. You only need to look at some of the other high rise building fires in history to see how remarkable it is that this building collapsed.
AFAIK, there's not a single peer reviewed article even hypothesizing how this could have happened. Strange no?
I do accept that the airline impacts and ensuing fires played a large role in the collapse of both towers. I'm not convinced that other events didn't help bring them down though. If you look at interviews conducted on 9/11 a lot of eyewitness accounts report large explosions before and after the planes struck the towers which aren't explained at all by any of the scientific literature.
Panthera tigris FC said:
Again, there are many conflicting reports from the day and I am more inclined to believe that this was due to some botched attempts to respond to the events of that day than some well orchestrated conspiracy.
Fair enough. I find it almost too coincidental that many planes usually stationed at bases to specifically protect the east coast were in Canada and Alaska for drills and what was left was occupied with drills simulating hijacked aircraft. Wouldn't it make sense to keep a few on standby in case something happened for real that day, especially given the evidence that the government was aware of the possibility of this scenario taking place around this time?
Panthera tigris FC said:
Only because you earlier claimed that you did not have to come up with an alternative explanation to point out flaws in the official explanation. It is hard to pin you down on your exact views on this issue.
It's a complex issue Pantera. I don't know what my exact view on it is yet. It is fair to say that I don't believe the entire operation was carried out by 19 Arab terrorists.
Anyway, you made the claim that it must be a massive conspiracy and cover up if any government involvement took place. I was only trying to demonstrate why that's not necessarily true.