"Trutherism" is alive and well in Europe: German Protestors Marked 9/11 by Denouncing "Inside Job," "Reichstag Fire"

By John Rosenthal
Other than among associates of Feisal Abdul Rauf, one could well believe that 9/11 “trutherism” is largely a thing of the past. The main target of the “9/11 truth movement” was always, after all, the supposedly nefarious cabal otherwise known as the Bush administration. With the end of President Bush’s second term, the “movement” had lost its very raison d’être.
In the meanwhile, the vast majority of Americans have other fish to fry. But photographs from a rally that took place in Berlin on the anniversary of 9/11 suggest that 9/11 “trutherism” is alive and well in Germany. In fact, what has come to be known as “trutherism” was widespread in Europe long before the “inside job” thesis had virtually any adherents in the United States. As discussed in my article “The Legend of the Squandered Sympathy,” the “inside job” thesis first appeared in the pages of France’s newspaper of record, Le Monde, only one week after the attacks. It was put forward there by a researcher from the prestigious National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), no less. The first French edition of Thierry Meyssan’s would-be 9/11 exposé L'Effroyable Imposture – roughly, “The Terrifying Hoax” – was published merely six months after the attacks. It quickly shot to the top of the French best-seller list, with a reported 200,000 copies being sold in a matter of weeks. The publication in 2003 of an English edition under the title 9/11, The Big Lie passed nearly unperceived. It would, however, serve as one of the principal sources for the American “trutherism” that emerged some years later.
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