Seismosaurus
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So, how long until we see a conspiracy theory revolving around the present shenanigans in the UK? It took about a week for the London tube bombings to start to generate CTs, so I'm guessing sometime in the next 5-7 days.
And what do you think the popular one will turn out to be? The two I thought of...
1) The whole thing was made up so Tony Blair could get the country behind him.
On the plus side, there has been speculation as past terror alerts have sometimes tended to come at convienient times for Blair. On the down side, they have arrested a bunch of people - where did they get them from if there is no real threat?
2) Israel is behind it all.
Israel is suffering badly in world opinion right now, what better time to up the profile of muslim terrorists and then loudly remind everybody that they are fighting the same battle in Lebanon?
And what do you think the popular one will turn out to be? The two I thought of...
1) The whole thing was made up so Tony Blair could get the country behind him.
On the plus side, there has been speculation as past terror alerts have sometimes tended to come at convienient times for Blair. On the down side, they have arrested a bunch of people - where did they get them from if there is no real threat?
2) Israel is behind it all.
Israel is suffering badly in world opinion right now, what better time to up the profile of muslim terrorists and then loudly remind everybody that they are fighting the same battle in Lebanon?
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but a stab at it might be... he needed to avoid a damning question from the media, while the evidence that spurred that question gets destroyed.