Left and Right on the Events of September 11, 2001

CounterPunch's Alexander Cockburn suggests "the Trade Towers f[e]ll because they were badly built as a consequence of corruption, incompetence, regulatory evasions by the Port Authority, and because they were struck by huge planes loaded with jet fuel" — The 9/11 Conspiracists: Vindicated After All These Years?

LewRockwell.com's Gary North argues that "the elephant in the living room" "was dropped down the memory hole" — World Trade Center Building 7 and Conspiracy Theories — and notes, among other things, the "extended debates over what happened to the non-New York City planes" — My Proposed 9-11 Research Project. From the former article:

"If the critic then goes on to point out that there were no plane debris at the alleged crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania -- the parts were scattered for miles, indicating that the plane exploded in mid-air -- he is dismissed as a nut case. Why? Because such a scenario raises an obvious question: Did the military shoot it down? This in turn questions the "Let's roll" scenario of heroes on board Flight 93 who stormed the cabin.

Millions of believers in the government's "Let's roll" version of the crash look at the small empty hole and do not see what is missing: debris. They see an empty hole and conclude that a plane crashed there. In their case, not seeing is believing.