Re: Conspiracy Theory Grips French: Sept. 11 as Right-Wing U.S. Plot
Paul Mackin <[email protected]>
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Dave Monroe wrote: > "A Pentagon spokesman said, 'There was no official > reaction because we figured it was so stupid.'" I wonder if the American press will bother to comment (other than in a news report of what others are saying). Some of the French press DID react editorially. Liberation and Le Monde were mentioned in the Times as having done so. The latter is quoted as saying "It is very grave to encourage the idea that something that is real is in fact fictional. It's the beginning of totalitarism." Apparently Le Monde must take account of the rather startling fact that a significant number of the French public thirst for such a conspiracy. (probably don't actually believe it--just wish it were true) P.