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Re:Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight by eternalban on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:05PM (#10638221)
> ... Yet they cannot stop terrorists ..

The 'incompetence theories' are getting thinner by day. Analog to this is the "Muslim" terrorist du jour group's 'oil production' in plain sight of God knows how many intelligence platforms are in use in air and space over the area.

Possible that they don't want to stop these attacks?

Possible that they actually create these events?

Is is possible? Or is the narrative that the Western civilization managed to get to their pinnacle of achievement in spite of being governed and guided by "incompetent" leaders, systems, and institutions?

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Re:Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight by soared on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:08PM (#10638229)
> getting thinner by day

Source? Any proof at all that they aren't just incompetent? Its not a stretch to believe gov agencies are just incompetent, considering how useless they are in general when it comes to technology.

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Re:Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight by TheLogothete on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:41PM (#10638335)
See Opeation Gladio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

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Re:Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight by krapp on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:29PM (#10638288)
Neither hypothesis is likely. Governments are neither perfectly malicious, nor perfectly incompetent.
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