Magic Bullet
Hübschräuber
huebschraeuber at protonmail.com
Tue Sep 12 08:24:45 UTC 2023
I quoted Salandria because I agree with him that the minutiae of the case, however fascinating, should not obscure the larger picture that has evolved over decades of research. I also agree with him about what that larger picture looks like. However, I don't think the matter is "beyond rational debate".
This said, the news regarding the "magic bullet" is indeed fascinating. The most interesting detail I have come across in recent years concerns Antonio Veciana, founder and leader of Alpha 66, one of the anti-Castro exile groups handled by the CIA: "Fonzi obtained testimony from Antonio Veciana that Veciana had once seen his CIA contact, who Fonzi established was David Atlee Phillips, conferring with Lee Harvey Oswald." (Wiki, "Gaeton Fonzi"). In front of the House Select Committee on Assassinations Veciana, however, twice denied under oath that the man he saw was Phillips. Only shortly before his death in 2017 he finally confirmed Fonzi's conclusion: The man Veciana saw speaking with Oswald a few days before the assassination was indeed his CIA handler David Atlee Phillips. Notably, Phillips was an expert for US regime change: He was involved in the US-sponsored coup d'etat against Arbenz in Guatemala in 1953 as well as the US-sponsored coup d'etat against Allende in Chile in 1973 - that other September 11.
Veciana's autobiography should make for fascinating reading:
https://www.amazon.com/Trained-Kill-Inside-against-Kennedy/dp/1510713565
As an example of rational debate about conspiracy theories concerning UFOs, the Kennedys and MLK, COVID and 9/11, I recommend Bret Weinstein's podcast here:
https://rumble.com/v3e1039-on-skepticism-michael-shermer-and-jeremy-rys-on-darkhorse.html
An interesting question is how many anomalies (because there are always anomalies, it's just life) one is willing to accept with regard to any given event before one begins to doubt the official narrative. The discussion also shows that it is perfectly possible to politely agree to disagree even on highly controversial topics.
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