"THE NEW PEARL HARBOR"
"Two years ago a project set up by the men who now surround George W Bush said what America needed was "a new Pearl Harbor". Its published aims have, alarmingly, come true" (Pilger 1)
Those who criticize what President Bush did, and has done, since 9/11 are usually characterized either as flaming liberals, or unpatriotic. David Griffin is none of the above. "David Ray Griffin, a retired professor of theology and an internationally respected Christian theologian and authorà he was not inclined to believe in conspiracy theories. But after doing extensive research, he wrote two books on 9/11 in the past year and a half: "The New Pearl Harbor: Unanswered Questions about the Bush AdministrationàHe said the evidence has led him to conclude that the Bush administration was complicit in the attacks" (Berkowitz 4).
Griffin raises questions that many were afraid to ask for fear of being considered anti-=American, or worse, pro-terrorists. One of the major concerns Griffin has was just how and why the World Trade Center's two towers collapsed. One of his key points is that the World Trade Center towers could not have collapsed due to fire. Fire has never, prior to or after 9/11, caused steel-frame buildings to collapse, even when the fires have been much more severe. In addition, the collapse of the towers exemplified all the standard features of collapses deliberately induced by explosives. For example, the collapses were straight down and at virtually free-fall speed.
There's also the question about the nearby 47-story building that collapsed about 5:30 p.m. It had not been hit by a plane, it had very small fires, and yet it also collapsed in the same manner. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's report said they couldn't explain this, and the 9/11 Commission failed to even mention it.
In the interview in Brattleboro, which is quite telling and informative (su...