Re: They weren't going for body count

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Post #119,153

by deSitter

9/26/03 10:08:14 PM

Re: They weren't going for body count

I mostly agree, but the key factor was getting on planes with mostly empty seats and lots of fuel. Try to get a flight after 7:30 AM with empty seats out of a major Eastern city.. IOW I think they would have been happy to board an empty flight to the West Coast at 12:00 PM if one had existed.

Dive bombing the towers would probably have immediately brought the towers down, due to failure of floor trusses over many floors. I don't think causing the towers to fail was even in their plans - it was for them a happy accident of the Towers' unique structure.

-drl

This needs to be taken to Flame Forum -NT - (Arkadiy) - (81) - Sept. 10, 2003, 01:59:13 PM EDT

Rot in hell, you and your kind. - (Arkadiy) - (63) - Sept. 10, 2003, 02:06:29 PM EDT

Blow me. - (mmoffitt) - (61) - Sept. 10, 2003, 03:01:50 PM EDT

Go blow up the rest of them excesses - (Arkadiy) - (60) - Sept. 10, 2003, 03:27:21 PM EDT

Endless applause. - (bepatient) - Sept. 10, 2003, 03:57:36 PM EDT

My kind of language? - (mmoffitt) - (57) - Sept. 10, 2003, 04:09:06 PM EDT

You insist on continuing ... - (bepatient) - (56) - Sept. 10, 2003, 04:18:24 PM EDT

You know, ... - (mmoffitt) - (8) - Sept. 10, 2003, 04:44:20 PM EDT

Oh sure I can... - (bepatient) - (7) - Sept. 10, 2003, 05:18:37 PM EDT

At least the volume is coming down a little. - (mmoffitt) - (6) - Sept. 10, 2003, 05:42:46 PM EDT

None so blind as they can't see. - (bepatient) - (5) - Sept. 10, 2003, 09:46:40 PM EDT

You got myopia? - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2003, 09:55:57 AM EDT

Chuckle. - (bepatient) - (3) - Sept. 11, 2003, 10:27:25 AM EDT

Heh. You're just pretending to be thick, aren't you? - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2003, 11:08:02 AM EDT

I know... - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2003, 11:14:25 AM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Silverlock) - Sept. 11, 2003, 11:18:49 AM EDT

Taller in Toronto - (jake123) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2003, 01:10:03 AM EDT

Nothing like that Canadian engineering ;-) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 11, 2003, 09:57:33 AM EDT

Actually speaker of the CN Tower indirectly... - (lister) - (41) - Sept. 11, 2003, 11:15:13 AM EDT

Respectfully disagree. - (mmoffitt) - (40) - Sept. 11, 2003, 11:37:29 AM EDT

Re: Respectfully disagree. - (lister) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2003, 11:47:10 AM EDT

They did hit a low lying building. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 11, 2003, 12:40:17 PM EDT

Really? - (drewk) - (14) - Sept. 11, 2003, 12:13:15 PM EDT

They weren't going for body count - (ben_tilly) - (13) - Sept. 21, 2003, 03:28:56 PM EDT

Re: They weren't going for body count - (Nightowl) - Sept. 22, 2003, 02:00:43 AM EDT

Dive-bombing is not easy with 737 - (Arkadiy) - (10) - Sept. 22, 2003, 02:55:41 PM EDT

They did it at the Pentagon - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Sept. 23, 2003, 01:02:10 AM EDT

Re: They did it at the Pentagon - (Nightowl) - Sept. 23, 2003, 01:14:36 AM EDT

If they really dive-bombed Pentagon - (Arkadiy) - (7) - Sept. 23, 2003, 09:32:25 AM EDT

Next to it?? - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Sept. 23, 2003, 10:37:38 AM EDT

Re: Next to it?? - (Nightowl) - (5) - Sept. 23, 2003, 11:08:15 AM EDT

Check out the link Ben gave - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 23, 2003, 11:09:50 AM EDT

Re: Check out the link Ben gave - (Nightowl) - (2) - Sept. 23, 2003, 11:19:09 AM EDT

Another set of links. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2003, 11:29:20 AM EDT

Re: Another set of links. - (Nightowl) - Sept. 23, 2003, 11:47:11 AM EDT

more like emulating a torpedo attack from the air -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 23, 2003, 10:33:29 PM EDT

Re: They weren't going for body count - (deSitter) - Sept. 26, 2003, 10:08:14 PM EDT

Symbolism - (jake123) - (22) - Sept. 11, 2003, 02:37:00 PM EDT

That may well be the best opinion I have heard. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 11, 2003, 03:23:07 PM EDT

You make the same mistake - (Arkadiy) - (18) - Sept. 11, 2003, 05:02:50 PM EDT

Hmmm - an interesting dissection. - (Ashton) - Sept. 11, 2003, 05:34:30 PM EDT

The mistake is yours - (jake123) - (16) - Sept. 12, 2003, 01:38:50 AM EDT

Applause! -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 12, 2003, 09:31:39 AM EDT

There you go again - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2003, 11:09:09 AM EDT

Strategically - (jake123) - Sept. 12, 2003, 11:53:19 AM EDT

Oh, and by the way - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2003, 11:12:17 AM EDT

Sure he could have - (jake123) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2003, 11:56:57 AM EDT

I am between you two on this. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 12, 2003, 12:22:54 PM EDT

Projecting? - (screamer) - (9) - Sept. 12, 2003, 06:25:17 PM EDT

Read the history of guerilla conflicts - (jake123) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2003, 07:53:07 PM EDT

Going to give up on this one... - (screamer) - Sept. 13, 2003, 12:33:36 AM EDT

Are you forgetting Mogadishu, Somalia? - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 12, 2003, 09:48:56 PM EDT

So then.. it's the PNAC Fundamentalists + Xian-Rightists - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 13, 2003, 12:23:36 AM EDT

Get over yourself, friend... - (screamer) - (4) - Sept. 13, 2003, 12:58:56 AM EDT

PS - (screamer) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2003, 01:21:25 AM EDT

Who can resist?___"An Invitation to the Dance" - - (Ashton) - Sept. 15, 2003, 04:41:01 AM EDT

If I've offended you... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2003, 01:59:47 AM EDT

Only once though... - (screamer) - Sept. 14, 2003, 11:52:48 PM EDT

Eloquently summarized - (Ashton) - Sept. 11, 2003, 05:23:38 PM EDT

It's a floor polish and a dessert topping! - (Another Scott) - Sept. 12, 2003, 11:33:04 PM EDT

Sorry Bill, Mike has a point - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 21, 2003, 03:54:50 PM EDT

Oh You Kid___:-\ufffd_____Love. It. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 21, 2003, 07:29:35 PM EDT

ObPlug - (deSitter) - Sept. 26, 2003, 10:11:38 PM EDT

Tangential flame (new thread) - (drewk) - Sept. 10, 2003, 04:53:24 PM EDT

kudos -NT - (deSitter) - Sept. 10, 2003, 11:43:19 PM EDT

No grey areas (or matter) to see here...move along -NT - (FuManChu) - (2) - Sept. 10, 2003, 03:57:46 PM EDT

Unless, of course, - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2003, 04:00:39 PM EDT

Fuck you too. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 10, 2003, 04:09:37 PM EDT

It is possible to lament the deaths of *ALL* senseless - (Ashton) - (13) - Sept. 10, 2003, 08:56:17 PM EDT

No. - (bepatient) - (11) - Sept. 10, 2003, 09:54:31 PM EDT

Fair point - sorta supposing.. - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 10, 2003, 10:07:41 PM EDT

Oh it is certain... - (bepatient) - (4) - Sept. 10, 2003, 11:00:06 PM EDT

You don't really know - you want to Believe - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2003, 12:06:30 AM EDT

Simplistic? - (bepatient) - Sept. 11, 2003, 07:26:26 AM EDT

Re: Oh it is certain... - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2003, 12:53:24 PM EDT

Interesting comparison, Owl - (Ashton) - Sept. 11, 2003, 04:25:20 PM EDT

No. - (Nightowl) - Sept. 11, 2003, 12:48:30 PM EDT

Talking about Mecca - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2003, 05:07:42 PM EDT

Arkadiy___you be BAAD :-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 11, 2003, 05:36:13 PM EDT

Re: pretty much justified from Mike's point of view... - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 12, 2003, 09:39:35 AM EDT

Hmm idea - (deSitter) - Sept. 12, 2003, 12:56:23 AM EDT

re: bad moffitt. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 11, 2003, 10:07:32 AM EDT

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