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I agree that coincidences of this kind are "rare." It's New York, it's a departing flight, it's a plane with a very good record of safety and reliability.

But I don't see how, with the wreckage still burning, you can make a CONCLUSION yet (FWIW, I haven't heard "White House confirm" anything. Everything is speculation right now, just speculation).

EVEN IF it turns out to be terrorism, what does that change? We're bombing h*ll out of Taliban/al-Qaeda right now. I hope we go on to our other enemies in the Middle East. But this is war.

Perhaps we're too used to being able to sit back comfortably and have Peter Jennings explain it all for us.

It looks like some people already have their minds made up. They think it was terrorism and no amount of evidence will ever change their minds. If they end up saying it was engine failure (which it very well could be), and not terrorism, the people in charge of this investigation will be liars and trying to cover this up. You know, the whole conspiracy theories all over again.

It's been a little over 4 hours since this crash! Give it time, they will get to the bottom of it.