[AnimalMuppet]

You present evidence that the US has done such things in the past as evidence that it is not absurd to believe that 9/11 was a false flag operation.

But why is the idea that 9/11 was an inside job absurd? Is the only reason because people consider it absurd that the US would ever do such a thing? Or is it possible to believe that, yes, the US has done such things, but it is absurd to think that 9/11 was one of them?

I submit that it is possible to believe that the US has done such things, and also possible - even reasonable - to believe that it is still absurd to think that 9/11 was such an event.

[brianpgordon]

Whether or not 9/11 was a priori suspicious is irrelevant. It's not September 12, 2001, it's nearly 15 years later and the investigations are long-finished and utterly conclusive.