I posted this answer to "moodforaday" in one of my other posts. I believe the subject of goals for 9/11 Truth is of paramount importance and I hope that this discussion will both inspire us and help us move forward.

To moodforaday:

I also am "heartened to see the movement grow" and agree that "we probably will get the media before we get Congress."

But ultimately, this issue will have to be investigated and only Congress has the power and jurisdiction. I mentioned Kucinich only because he has already decided to open a "limited investigation" in September.

I have been making the point about a new Congressional investigation for three main reasons:

1) It is the logical next step and in perfect accord with the scientific method. (If the theory contains serious anomalies, it must be reconsidered.)

2) Only Congress has the legal authority to require testimony under oath.

3) It is the clearest way to state our argument. For this reason, it is fairly easy to defend. It is hard for the average person to disagree with it.

I do not know how representative of the US population the answers I have gotten here have been, but they have made me think about what I am saying. I have reached a couple of conclusions since I first posted this:

1) A lot of people have zero faith in the US Congress or the US political system. That's probably a good thing because they do suck. They are a bunch of lying puppets backed up by a fake news media. Having a specific goal may depress some of the people who do not trust Congress and cause them to become even more dissatisfied and even less effective. I hope this result is not widespread.

2) The only other positive "goal" anyone has proposed is grow the movement, or as you put it "the only way to make it unstoppable is to have many millions of people on our side." I completely agree with this. I do not see any contradiction between this goal and the one of getting a new investigation (except for the point just above).

3) Maybe it is a good thing for even more people to become thoroughly dissatisfied with the US system. If that trend continues, we will truly find ourselves in a "cold civil war" as some have called it. This state would recognize that 9/11 is essentially a symptom of something much worse. As property values and the dollar fall, this outcome will become more likely. But it, too, will have to be resolved through some sort of political process.

4) By "grassroots" do we mean a lot of people, or the strong emotions of some people who feel thoroughly powerless and angry? Powerless, angry people will affect the political process, but in this country they usually become diffuse, go off in different directions, and weaken their effectiveness. Short of a revolution, which is extremely unlikely and would be far more destructive than constructive, we surely need deep reforms in the system we have--in campaign financing, lobbying rules, and the way in which issues are presented to the public by the media. Is there a better wedge issue for this than 9-11? I believe this is the best single issue we could ever hope for.

5) The internet has brought about a massive change in the media. All of us know many things about 9-11 that we would not know without the internet. Can we use this new medium to effect major change in the US? I believe the answer is yes. How will we do that? For me, the answer comes back again to having clear goals and doing whatever we can to realize them.

6) It may be too early to press for this one goal right now, but waiting can be even more perilous.

7) For me, it comes down to this: either accept your servitude and powerlessness or do something. If you are going to do something, do something that can work. Congress is made up of only a few hundred people. There are millions of us. I say, let's spend the money, make the noise, and put pressure where it counts.