Essay On 9/11 Conspiracy
On September 11, 2001 one of the most tragic events in history of mankind occurred. On this day, four airplanes were hijacked; coordinated by an Islamic terrorist group known as the Al-Qaeda. This was a very alarming event, as America is known to be the most secure country in the world. This external group had hijacked four planes on US territory, which depicted how “secure” America truly was, it was only after this event were the strict airport security guidelines put into place. The magnitude of this event left some with doubts about what truly happened as many conspiracists suggested that the United States government had staged the event for political reasons. However, since this was such a large event, it would be very difficult for the government to easily conceal this event. When analyzing the 9/11 conspiracy theories, one would notice that the theories listed deny legitimate science and facts. Conspiracists have many different reasons for creating such false myths. Mainly, these
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theorists desire to reach a goal, spread propaganda against governments, and earn profit and fame. When dealing with the 9/11 tragedy, however, some people are in shock and disbelief of the magnitude of the event. Therefore, it is very important to analyze the 9/11 conspiracy theories and prove their claims baseless.
When analyzing the multitude of conspiracies set forth, one must have a firm understanding of the original story, in order to scrutinize the evidence that is set forth by the conspiracists. The United States of America officially declared that the planes had been hijacked by the Al-Qaeda. They explain how the hijackers had cleared through the security checkpoint and then took over the planes midair. This event consisted of four different planes that were hijacked. The two most mentioned planes were the ones that collapsed the World Trade Centers. However, two other planes were aimed at the Pentagon and the White House. However, the flight that was targeted for the white house crashed near the Diamond T. Mine, as passengers attempted to regain control of the plane. Furthermore, many people explained the tragic event in articles and stories. According to CNN, people, buildings and planes fell from the sky. The strict Transportation Security Administration guidelines were set forth after this event on November 19th of 2001, in order to retaliate future terrorism possibilities. America hadn’t even though of such an event as The 9/11 Commission Report says that “In New York, the FDNY, NYPD, the Port Authority, WTC employees, and the building occupants themselves did their best to cope with the effects of an unimaginable catastrophe…for which they were unprepared.” (315) The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an analysis of the attack, stating that the collapse of the World Trade Center was caused by the jet fuel of the plane, which ignited other flammable objects in the room.
The 9/11 Commission is a very important in the discussion of the original 9/11 story, as they were the administrators of the official 9/11 story. The official 9/11 Commission Report uses the phrase, “We have found no evidence” (137) to an extreme and used it almost 36 times in the report. Four of the many instances highlight the matter that the commission couldn’t explain how any of the hijackers could have entered the cockpits of the planes. In other places, the phrase is used to acknowledge that the Commission had little understanding of why or how such attacks occurred and how they were funded, saying that it was “of little practical significance.” (172) In a more honest and sincere investigation, the funding would have been viewed as a critical component to see who was truly behind these attacks. Perhaps, this could have been clarified with the twenty-eight pages that were blacked out in the official report. Besides these points, The 9/11 Commission Report presents the true facts of the attack and is used to undermine the false claims asserted in conspiracy theories.
One of the more popular conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11 attack is that the U.S. government somehow had foreknowledge of the attacks. Most of the popular conspiracy theories about 9/11 are based on the idea that President George W. Bush had staged the attack. Although this may seem completely absurd, conspiracy theorists believe that Bush may have planned 9/11 in order to gain more power and wealth. According to The Terror Conspiracy, “The modern Afghan drug trade began with the US involvement in Afghanistan in 1979, a provocation that led to the Soviet invasion, as recounted by Alfred McCoy, author of the respected The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia.” (220, Marrs) Supposedly, President Bush had used the 9/11 attack as an excuse to go to war with Afghanistan for profit from drugs. This leads us to question whether the U.S. government backed President Bush’s plans for gaining the drugs and oil? After all, “Oil and drugs are among the most profitable commodities in the world, coming in close behind the top moneymaker—armaments.” (171, Marrs) This conspiracy obviously goes out of hand, with absolutely no information that directly pertains to the matter. In examining the motivation for the conspiracy theory about President Bush, it appears that the authors are disgusted by the president and attempt to spread feelings of hatred against him.
People also believe that the United States needed to stir up propaganda in order to have a reason to go to war against Afghanistan. The U.S. knew the risk Afghanistan had in supporting terrorism and decided that it needed to go to war. Similarly, “Roosevelt and a few close advisors knew full well that Pearl Harbor would be attacked on December 7, 1941, but chose to allow it to happen to further their agenda for dragging the isolationist American population into war.” (172, Marrs) In order to relate this to the 9/11 attack however, it is important to note that “When Pearl Harbor was struck, within twenty minutes the Senate and the House had a joint committee ready. Roosevelt beat them to it because he knew why he had been hit, so he set up his own committee.” (185, Marrs) This then debunks the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government had staged the 9/11 attack. However, the U.S. population wasn’t interested in spending taxes to fund a war that took placeoutside of the United States and didn’t affect them. But, after 9/11 attack, the population was filled with emotions and fully believed in demolishing the Al-Qaeda. People believed that the 9/11 attacks were created as an excuse to go to war with Afghanistan. However, planning the 9/11 attack is just too preposterous, as there is absolutely no way the United States government would plan to destroy the Twin Towers and murder thousands of innocent people to stir up propaganda.
The Twin Towers were supposedly destroyed by controlled explosion, according to the Guardian.
The science in the 9/11 attack is very weak, as there are many variables and possible explanations for what may have happened during the event. Since there isn’t solid evidence, paranoid people used this open end to come up with superstitions of what happened on the day of the hijacks. People “Say video footage of the buildings falling points to [controlled] demolition due to the way the towers bend before collapsing.” (The Guardian) There was even proof of the presence of chemical residue, which suggests that explosives could have possibly been used. However, the Guardian is a British national newspaper. Such sources cannot be trusted because they are not peer edited and can potentially boast biased content. The media is known for manipulating viewpoints for situations, so obviously such a week source of information shouldn’t be trusted with obtaining factual
information. There is yet another accusation placed on President Bush, and that he had ordered the flight headed to the White House to be shot down by a missile. (The Guardian) As a precaution, President Bush had given an order for the flight to be shot down, if necessary. However, the passengers managed to charge the hijackers, who then flew the plane into the ground in Pennsylvania. The paranoid conspiracy theorists became obsessed with this order and manipulated its meaning to depict that the plane had truly been brought down by a missile. “For instance, one of the most absurd theories was that a U.S. missile” hit the plane in Pennsylvania. (254, Kean & Hamilton) (The Guardian) This conspiracy is ludicrous because the U.S. government would not murder 3,000 innocent people and then have rescue teams salvage any survivors. One should ask how thousands of FBI agents, firefighters, scientists, airline pilots, air traffic control, and the entire Bush administration kept this tragic event a secret. At least one person would have exposed the secret with the magnitude of this event. Also, because this fourth plane was aimed at the White House, it proves that Bush couldn’t have planned the attack because there is still a large risk factor with such an event. Luckily the passengers had brought the plane down, but relying on a missile to take out a plane is sometimes not reliable.
People were also concerned regarding the two airlines and their stocks. American Airlines and United Airlines’ stocks both plummeted on September 10. Conspiracists believe that investors had background knowledge of the attack and made millions out of the tragedy. However, if one truly examined the details regarding the trade, one would find that a stock investor had a trading strategy to buy 95% of United Airlines on September 6 and to purchase 115,000 shares of American Airlines on September 10. Also, much of the seemingly suspicious trading was traced back to a trading newsletter, faxed to its subscribers on September 9, which encouraged people to sell their shares. Although it seems like these sudden trades in stocks were preplanned, “Exhaustive investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, and other agencies have uncovered no evidence that anyone with advance knowledge of the attacks profited through securities transactions.” (172, The 9/11 Commission Report) This evidence disproves the claims asserted by the conspiracy theorists. Conspiracy theorists also believe that Jewish followers had planned the attacks on September 11. (Encyclopedia Dramatica) According to One News, 4,000 Jewish employees took off from work on the day of the attack, they had supposedly been warned by the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. It is also claimed that some of the first people to record the attacks on camera were Jewish. This time, the conspiracists had gone too far, as they had completely manipulated what an official had said. The figure appears to be based on a statement that was made by the Israeli foreign minister, who stated that about 4,000 Israelis were in the cities that were under attack. More than a tenth of those who died on 9/11 were Jewish. The truth clearly debunks the false accusations set forth by conspiracists. In this instance, conspiracists took a piece of information out of context in order to defend their claims. It is important to note the source, “Encyclopedia Dramatica,” appears to be a very unreliable, as it contains a multitude of advertisements, which shows how the author gains profit from creating such a preposterous theory. This defect proves the paranoia of the conspiracists in order to support their perspective. In the end, the conspiracies that debate whether the United States Government was involved in the 9/11 attacks are clearly proven false. Conspiracists cherish obtaining self gain by generating rumors. They can easily manipulate a viewpoint by lightly skimming over the science and facts. Therefore, it is very important to analyze conspiracy sources before accepting their perspective. By examining the content of the 9/11 conspiracies, one can recognize the slightest of flaws listed in the conspiracy and understand how these imperfects debunk the validity of their statements.
theorists desire to reach a goal, spread propaganda against governments, and earn profit and fame. When dealing with the 9/11 tragedy, however, some people are in shock and disbelief of the magnitude of the event. Therefore, it is very important to analyze the 9/11 conspiracy theories and prove their claims baseless.
When analyzing the multitude of conspiracies set forth, one must have a firm understanding of the original story, in order to scrutinize the evidence that is set forth by the conspiracists. The United States of America officially declared that the planes had been hijacked by the Al-Qaeda. They explain how the hijackers had cleared through the security checkpoint and then took over the planes midair. This event consisted of four different planes that were hijacked. The two most mentioned planes were the ones that collapsed the World Trade Centers. However, two other planes were aimed at the Pentagon and the White House. However, the flight that was targeted for the white house crashed near the Diamond T. Mine, as passengers attempted to regain control of the plane. Furthermore, many people explained the tragic event in articles and stories. According to CNN, people, buildings and planes fell from the sky. The strict Transportation Security Administration guidelines were set forth after this event on November 19th of 2001, in order to retaliate future terrorism possibilities. America hadn’t even though of such an event as The 9/11 Commission Report says that “In New York, the FDNY, NYPD, the Port Authority, WTC employees, and the building occupants themselves did their best to cope with the effects of an unimaginable catastrophe…for which they were unprepared.” (315) The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an analysis of the attack, stating that the collapse of the World Trade Center was caused by the jet fuel of the plane, which ignited other flammable objects in the room.
The 9/11 Commission is a very important in the discussion of the original 9/11 story, as they were the administrators of the official 9/11 story. The official 9/11 Commission Report uses the phrase, “We have found no evidence” (137) to an extreme and used it almost 36 times in the report. Four of the many instances highlight the matter that the commission couldn’t explain how any of the hijackers could have entered the cockpits of the planes. In other places, the phrase is used to acknowledge that the Commission had little understanding of why or how such attacks occurred and how they were funded, saying that it was “of little practical significance.” (172) In a more honest and sincere investigation, the funding would have been viewed as a critical component to see who was truly behind these attacks. Perhaps, this could have been clarified with the twenty-eight pages that were blacked out in the official report. Besides these points, The 9/11 Commission Report presents the true facts of the attack and is used to undermine the false claims asserted in conspiracy theories.
One of the more popular conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11 attack is that the U.S. government somehow had foreknowledge of the attacks. Most of the popular conspiracy theories about 9/11 are based on the idea that President George W. Bush had staged the attack. Although this may seem completely absurd, conspiracy theorists believe that Bush may have planned 9/11 in order to gain more power and wealth. According to The Terror Conspiracy, “The modern Afghan drug trade began with the US involvement in Afghanistan in 1979, a provocation that led to the Soviet invasion, as recounted by Alfred McCoy, author of the respected The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia.” (220, Marrs) Supposedly, President Bush had used the 9/11 attack as an excuse to go to war with Afghanistan for profit from drugs. This leads us to question whether the U.S. government backed President Bush’s plans for gaining the drugs and oil? After all, “Oil and drugs are among the most profitable commodities in the world, coming in close behind the top moneymaker—armaments.” (171, Marrs) This conspiracy obviously goes out of hand, with absolutely no information that directly pertains to the matter. In examining the motivation for the conspiracy theory about President Bush, it appears that the authors are disgusted by the president and attempt to spread feelings of hatred against him.
People also believe that the United States needed to stir up propaganda in order to have a reason to go to war against Afghanistan. The U.S. knew the risk Afghanistan had in supporting terrorism and decided that it needed to go to war. Similarly, “Roosevelt and a few close advisors knew full well that Pearl Harbor would be attacked on December 7, 1941, but chose to allow it to happen to further their agenda for dragging the isolationist American population into war.” (172, Marrs) In order to relate this to the 9/11 attack however, it is important to note that “When Pearl Harbor was struck, within twenty minutes the Senate and the House had a joint committee ready. Roosevelt beat them to it because he knew why he had been hit, so he set up his own committee.” (185, Marrs) This then debunks the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government had staged the 9/11 attack. However, the U.S. population wasn’t interested in spending taxes to fund a war that took placeoutside of the United States and didn’t affect them. But, after 9/11 attack, the population was filled with emotions and fully believed in demolishing the Al-Qaeda. People believed that the 9/11 attacks were created as an excuse to go to war with Afghanistan. However, planning the 9/11 attack is just too preposterous, as there is absolutely no way the United States government would plan to destroy the Twin Towers and murder thousands of innocent people to stir up propaganda.
The Twin Towers were supposedly destroyed by controlled explosion, according to the Guardian.
The science in the 9/11 attack is very weak, as there are many variables and possible explanations for what may have happened during the event. Since there isn’t solid evidence, paranoid people used this open end to come up with superstitions of what happened on the day of the hijacks. People “Say video footage of the buildings falling points to [controlled] demolition due to the way the towers bend before collapsing.” (The Guardian) There was even proof of the presence of chemical residue, which suggests that explosives could have possibly been used. However, the Guardian is a British national newspaper. Such sources cannot be trusted because they are not peer edited and can potentially boast biased content. The media is known for manipulating viewpoints for situations, so obviously such a week source of information shouldn’t be trusted with obtaining factual
information. There is yet another accusation placed on President Bush, and that he had ordered the flight headed to the White House to be shot down by a missile. (The Guardian) As a precaution, President Bush had given an order for the flight to be shot down, if necessary. However, the passengers managed to charge the hijackers, who then flew the plane into the ground in Pennsylvania. The paranoid conspiracy theorists became obsessed with this order and manipulated its meaning to depict that the plane had truly been brought down by a missile. “For instance, one of the most absurd theories was that a U.S. missile” hit the plane in Pennsylvania. (254, Kean & Hamilton) (The Guardian) This conspiracy is ludicrous because the U.S. government would not murder 3,000 innocent people and then have rescue teams salvage any survivors. One should ask how thousands of FBI agents, firefighters, scientists, airline pilots, air traffic control, and the entire Bush administration kept this tragic event a secret. At least one person would have exposed the secret with the magnitude of this event. Also, because this fourth plane was aimed at the White House, it proves that Bush couldn’t have planned the attack because there is still a large risk factor with such an event. Luckily the passengers had brought the plane down, but relying on a missile to take out a plane is sometimes not reliable.
People were also concerned regarding the two airlines and their stocks. American Airlines and United Airlines’ stocks both plummeted on September 10. Conspiracists believe that investors had background knowledge of the attack and made millions out of the tragedy. However, if one truly examined the details regarding the trade, one would find that a stock investor had a trading strategy to buy 95% of United Airlines on September 6 and to purchase 115,000 shares of American Airlines on September 10. Also, much of the seemingly suspicious trading was traced back to a trading newsletter, faxed to its subscribers on September 9, which encouraged people to sell their shares. Although it seems like these sudden trades in stocks were preplanned, “Exhaustive investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, and other agencies have uncovered no evidence that anyone with advance knowledge of the attacks profited through securities transactions.” (172, The 9/11 Commission Report) This evidence disproves the claims asserted by the conspiracy theorists. Conspiracy theorists also believe that Jewish followers had planned the attacks on September 11. (Encyclopedia Dramatica) According to One News, 4,000 Jewish employees took off from work on the day of the attack, they had supposedly been warned by the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. It is also claimed that some of the first people to record the attacks on camera were Jewish. This time, the conspiracists had gone too far, as they had completely manipulated what an official had said. The figure appears to be based on a statement that was made by the Israeli foreign minister, who stated that about 4,000 Israelis were in the cities that were under attack. More than a tenth of those who died on 9/11 were Jewish. The truth clearly debunks the false accusations set forth by conspiracists. In this instance, conspiracists took a piece of information out of context in order to defend their claims. It is important to note the source, “Encyclopedia Dramatica,” appears to be a very unreliable, as it contains a multitude of advertisements, which shows how the author gains profit from creating such a preposterous theory. This defect proves the paranoia of the conspiracists in order to support their perspective. In the end, the conspiracies that debate whether the United States Government was involved in the 9/11 attacks are clearly proven false. Conspiracists cherish obtaining self gain by generating rumors. They can easily manipulate a viewpoint by lightly skimming over the science and facts. Therefore, it is very important to analyze conspiracy sources before accepting their perspective. By examining the content of the 9/11 conspiracies, one can recognize the slightest of flaws listed in the conspiracy and understand how these imperfects debunk the validity of their statements.