Ventura says government not telling 9/11 story

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/125525

Michael Martinez, Cronkite News Service

Jesse Ventura, the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler, accompanied a state senator to Arizona’s 9/11 Memorial on Thursday to press his claims that the government isn’t telling the truth about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

VIDEO: Ventura says U.S. not telling truth about 9/11 attacks

“I think it’s growing and growing with the population that more and more of us are questioning what happened that day, and we’re also looking to find out if the truth was withheld from us,” Ventura said. “And the more you study it, the more difficult for me it becomes to believe what my government told me.”

A handful of people were at the memorial as Ventura spoke, some to support him and others simply marking the seventh anniversary of the attacks. Ventura was also in the Valley to give a speech and attend a book-signing event.

State Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, said she invited Ventura for the seventh anniversary of the attacks after reading his new book, “Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me!”

In the book, Ventura says he doesn’t know exactly what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, but he believes the American people haven’t been told the truth.

Johnson said she shares Ventura’s doubts.

“I knew that he had spoken out in the past on feelings of wanting to get to the bottom of what happened on 9/11, and I’ve been involved in this 9/11 for Truth movement here in the Phoenix area and Arizona for some time now and have some very strong feelings about wanting to get a truly independent investigation going.”

Ventura said he finds it absurd that the United States entered into two wars since 9/11 but has yet to charge Osama bin Laden with the attacks.

“The government’s theory is that 19 Islamic terrorists armed with box cutters defeated our multibillion-dollar air defense system, all while conspiring with a bearded guy in a cave in Afghanistan,” Ventura said. “I find that far-fetched.”

Jesse "The Brain" Ventura - additional media

September 2, 2008

"I'm going to move on to another subject that a lot of people don't want to discuss today," he said, "I know when I discuss it, it's amazing, I get attacked!" The crowd listened intently as he went on, "And that's something called 9/11!" The crowd erupted into spontaneous applause. Ventura continued and discussed the fact that on the FBI's most wanted terrorist page, Osama bin Laden is not wanted for 9/11. He asked why expressed disgust with the Bush Administration's stonewalling any investigation into the attacks.

http://www.radiodujour.com/people/ventura_jesse/

Karen Johnson - additional media

terrible soundbite

This is no way to frame the debate. It simply puts up one's opinion against the prevailing opinion:

"“The government’s theory is that 19 Islamic terrorists armed with box cutters defeated our multibillion-dollar air defense system, all while conspiring with a bearded guy in a cave in Afghanistan,” Ventura said. “I find that far-fetched.”"

Obviously, millions do not find it "far-fetched." This argument is useless, if one can call it an argument at all. It's merely opinion, seemingly based on no inside factual information, just a casual assessment of the likelihood of a story.

That is no way to change minds on 9/11. Certainly not at this late date.

Facts matter. Verifiable bullet-proof facts matter more. Opinions not so much.

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