[Y]ou might draw two conclusions about the various groups and individuals who’ve tried to hijack the commemoration. Firstly, that they regard themselves as the bearers of truths which the rest of us are too deadened or complacent to realize, as anyone who has condemned himself to a session surfing wingnut websites knows painfully. Secondly, that the camps which promote these truths are mutually exclusive; you cannot both fulminate against the “Islamization” of America and insist that 9/11 was a message to U.S. imperialism that its chickens had come home to roost. You cannot - to transpose this theme to the motley crew of misfits gathering with their slogans in Lower Manhattan - be Pamela Geller and George Galloway.

Or can you?

From my latest piece which you can find on The Propagandist. I’d like to record, here, my gratitude to Adam Holland, whose superb dispatches helped crystallize my thoughts. Of course, I’m responsible for the argument, not Adam.