Review by John C. Snider © 2009
Aliens landed at Roswell. The Apollo moon landings were faked. HIV doesn’t cause AIDS. And 9/11 was an inside job.
Americans love their conspiracy theories almost as much as they love their religion. Once a crackpot idea grabs the public’s attention, no amount of data, science and common sense will talk them off of whatever ledge they’ve crawled onto–and no one has perfected the art of blithe denialism more than the so-called 9/11 Truthers.
Why aren’t they bombing us (anymore)?
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Timothy Noah over at Slate.com has been posting a series of essays called “Why No More 9/11s?” in which he explores various theories as to why the United States has not suffered another terrorist attack since the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001. Among the competing possibilities: the terrorists got lucky; they’re currently too obsessed with the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan to think about the American mainland; or they’re biding their time so they can top the horror of September 11th.
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