Saturday, 3 March 2012

DECONSTRUCTING THE MYTHS ABOUT THE WAR.(MAIN)

Byline: MARIE COCCO

WASHINGTON -- This is the week the myths may disintegrate.

There are two great myths about 9/11, spun together in a seamless web that began to take form even as the flames shot from the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and tiny Shanksville, Pa., wept.

The first myth -- that there was no hint the American homeland would be targeted by al- Qaida, and nothing that could have been done to prevent the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- was propagated that very morning. ``No warnings,'' former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters aboard Air Force One.

To deconstruct this first myth, you do not have to listen to the testimony of former …

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