ASB WI: The Truthers were right, 9/11 was actually an inside job?

[King Washington]

To clarify I'm not a conspiracy theorist and do not actually believe this and consider the people who actually do to be at best horribly misguided and at worst complete nutjobs. I just think this would make for an interesting hypothetical.

So let's say that by some active Alien Space Bat the 9/11 terrorist attacks we're really a false flag operation organized by George W. Bush and other higher-ups in the US government with the explicit goal of starting permanent wars in the Middle East and with the long-term goal of turning the United States into a fascistic totalitarian police state. Let's go farther and say the conspiracy is exposed to the public in early 2006.

Though to make it clear the aliens/satanists/jews/Anti-Christ/Illuminati/New World Order had absolutely nothing to do with this.

Given the sheer implications of this scenario, what does the aftermath of this look like?

 

[I_S]

A third of Americans deny the evidence no matter how blatant, generally trutherism becomes a partisan issue and an article to impeach dies in the senate.

In 2008 Obama beats McCain by a thin margin and a committee is convened to investigate the matter, most likely the results of the inquest take years and are generally indecisive in spite of eye witness testimony due to extremely concerted smear campaigns.

Obama care fails to pass as the senate is too busy with the inquest.

 

[armentho]

well,the US government undergoes as massive purge

short to say that neo-cons,democrats and republicans become well disliked for at least 2 presidential terms

so you could see a rise in libleft and librigth parties

 

[Zeikfried]

That would be an outright treason charge and you'd see the President and swaths of officials face potential death penalties. With massive distrust in the government across the board, candidates like Ron Paul actually have a chance. Paul was never exactly liked for his politics by all his supporters but rather by his sincerity and perceived trustworthiness.

Alex Jones and cadre at 'Prison Planet' will toot their horns about being right about 9/11 and give credence to their other conspiracy theories about the Bohemian Grove, Income Tax scams, and police brutality all the way up until he tries to sabotage the Kyoto Accord and deny any form of climate change is real.

The Iraq War would end early and we'd be able to avert some of the recession problems connected to toxic unregulated bundled up debts. But if a libertarian is in charge, I really don't have the expertise to imagine how 2008 would have played out. My guess is that the 'too big to fall' would have actually fallen and we'd be in a potential depression before hopefully springing back stronger when smaller business rise to the occasion to fill the niches left behind.

 

[armentho]

That would be an outright treason charge and you'd see the President and swaths of officials face potential death penalties. With massive distrust in the government across the board, candidates like Ron Paul actually have a chance. Paul was never exactly liked for his politics by all his supporters but rather by his sincerity and perceived trustworthiness.

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yep a raise of opposition to strong governments

The Iraq War would end early and we'd be able to avert some of the recession problems connected to toxic unregulated bundled up debts. But if a libertarian is in charge, I really don't have the expertise to imagine how 2008 would have played out. My guess is that the 'too big to fall' would have actually fallen and we'd be in a potential depression before hopefully springing back stronger when smaller business rise to the occasion to fill the niches left behind.

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well,libertarianism believe that crashs are necesary and not permanent

so you would high rate of recovery,but matched by an equal volatility on the market