re the logic of a semi publicised stand down.. well, it allows them to say 'gosh, those NAUGHTY TERRORISTS - its such a coincidence that our stand-down coincided with evil *fill in blank and details here*'
That sounds ludicrously simplistic, but that's almost exactly what was done on 911, and how the Government explained away the utter improbability of the content of military exercises coinciding with reality.
('gosh, our airplanes were mostly up in the north, our FBI experts were in california, and its just an amazing coincidence that we were running multiple military exercises on 911 that were dealing with hijacked aircraft.')
911, as detailed elsewhere on forum - had anywhere from 2 - 3 or more military exercises running on 911, as well as a strange unexplained (and admittedly) unanounced effective 'stand-down' of NORAD.
So it sounds almost too simple to be likely, but the overt stand-down announcement, is a sufficient window to potentially allow for a 'gosh what a coincidence, those sneaky *fill in blank here* attacked us!'
EDIT:
This 'exercise' story was EXACTLY what happened on the day of the London Underground bombs.
So this 'coincidence' of military exercises duplicating what mysteriously begins to happen in reality - happened not only on 911, but in London as well.
"A consultancy agency with government and police connections was running an exercise for an unnamed company that revolved around the London Underground being bombed at the exact same times and locations as happened in real life on the morning of July 7th.
On a BBC Radio 5 interview that aired on the evening of the 7th, the host interviewed Peter Power, Managing Director of Visor Consultants, which bills itself as a 'crisis management' advice company, better known to you and I as a PR firm.
Peter Power was a former Scotland Yard official, working at one time with the Anti Terrorist Branch.
Power told the host that at the exact same time that the London bombings were taking place, his company was running a 1,000 person strong exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real life.
HERE'S AN AUDIO CLIP:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/audio/090705exercise_clip_2.mp3
HERE'S A LONGER CLIP to get the context:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/audio/090705exercise_clip.mp3
Here's a short UK TV clip, where the 'exercises' are mentioned, during the live coverage:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2005/110705bombingexercises.htm
There's a large quantity of news reports on the London Bombings, stored at the link below, most of which can be sourced to their original Media platforms.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/archives/london/index.htm
So the point is - 'subtlety of behaviour by 'whoever' - be it the Neocons, 'globalists' or whatever phrase one wants to use - isn't needed. The public will accept the 'official story' as conveyed through mass media, so thoroughly, that they'll tend to expend more energy in remaining fixed to that viewpoint, than in expending a lesser quantity of energy to examine data more closely, and face the personal shock of a total paradigm shift.