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9/11 Truth? An inside job?

These are my opinions, based on what I have seen, read, observed and extrapolated. September 11, 2001 was a conspiracy, and an insidious one. Call it luck, or coincidence, or divine will, but, the conspiracy succeeded (at least, 75% success) in its aims. Here are some of the common claims of "9/11 Truthers", and my personal thoughts about those claims: Steel melts at a higher temperature than Jet-A fuel burns. True . But drywall, paper, plastics, human beings, furniture, paint, and other materials present in those buildings burn at higher temperatures. Furthermore, the Jet-A fuel would have quickly burnt off, but it would have ignited other substances that burn at higher temperatures. Furthermore, steel weakens when exposed to heat. Anyone who has even sharpened a knife, or shot slugs into a traffic sign, or even bent a spoon with a Bic lighter knows this. Therefore, it was not necessary to actually melt the steel to weaken it, and even if that was not enough to bring down th