The debate of whether the 9/11 truth movement should consider what we call the "Left Gatekeepers" (like typically Noam Chomsky or Amy Goodman) as enemies or should simply ignore them is coming to an end. These folk will soon be considered as victims and moreover, they will like to be called that way. The book of Naomi Klein "The Shock Doctrine" will be a tool for such a move.

What is the main thesis of the "Shock Doctrine" ? That the US neoliberals and imperialists are using perceived shocks as tools to erase and rebuild societies on grounds favorable to private interests, mainly theirs. This is the definition of fascism/corporatism. This thesis is becoming very popular. Why ? Because it provides an excuse for the left (which nowadays should be understood as the antifascists ;-) for having been impotent in preventing the rise of fascist America. They were under "Shock" after 9/11, like everybody else (the Cheney gang being strangely immune to the 9/11 shock). And that is what NK tells you in her book: the Bush administration has used the shock of 9/11 (and other event) to implement radical changes in the American society (and elsewhere), not only in US foreign policy.

So the left was under shock after 9/11 and that is why they were impotent in preventing Bush from implementing his nefarious policies. That is the new narrative and it is a very seductive one. Whether it is accurate or not is of little importance: this is politics and what counts is the feeling of the majority of leftists.

But the book also claims, in its chapter exploring the CIA MKUltra program, that people under shock are more vulnerable to manipulation by someone they perceive as a protector. If the Left admits they were under shock after 9/11, then they must also admit that they could have been manipulated by the Bush administration into believing a particular narrative of the events of 9/11. That is basically a simple logical consequence from the main thesis of "The Shock Doctrine".

So now, people of the Left defending the Official Conspiracy Theory have a argument to back off from their gut-grounded position: "I think the Bush administration would have had to be utterly insane to try anything like what is alleged, for their own narrow interests." They were duped because they were under shock. That is why they believed the unbelievable and highly contradictory OCT.

Chomsky, Goodman and others are not gods, they are human, and they do not want to admit they have been fooled with an event like 9/11. It is highly discrediting to admit such a weakness. After all, it is very understandable: who would like to admit he as been passively complicit in the crime by not exercising his otherwise efficient judgment ? Now, whether this is justified or not as an excuse is not relevant here, and I am no judge of courage and wiseness. But the Left has build, with the "Shock Doctrine", the tool that will enable them to back off and investigate what they were previously constrained to believe.

It is up to the 9/11 truth movement to wisely exploit the "Shock Doctrine" to help them question their instilled beliefs and put them on our side. They are not our enemies, so lets make them our allies.