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In six pages this persuasive essay argues that the 9/11 attacks were not a conspiracy, but also considers the existing evidence that supports a conspiracy theory conclusion. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.
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was a conspiracy and that Americas political leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act" (Knight 165).
Two years later, a Scripps-Howard poll reflected this skepticism was shared by one-third of the Americans surveyed, with the consensus being that the attacks were orchestrated in order to
generate public support with a U.S. war with the Middle East motivated by the need for oil (Knight 170). Several websites and Internet blogs supported this contention, and maverick
filmmaker Michael Moores 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 was instrumental in promoting the conspiracy theory agenda. Interestingly, both conspiracy enthusiasts and scholars have jumped on this theoretical bandwagon. University
of Wisconsin adjunct professor Dr. Kevin Barrett maintains, "September 11 appears to have been orchestrated by U.S. officials... This is the new Pearl Harbor," and a group of professors who
call themselves 9/11 Scholars for Truth - which includes Brigham Young physics professor Dr. Steven Jones and retired University of Minnesota philosophy professor Dr. James H. Fetzer - support this
notion (Asquith 12). A combination of legitimate distrust of the U.S. government dating back to the Vietnam War and Watergate along with a significant lack of support and growing
suspicion over the policies of President George W. Bush contributed to the belief that the attacks were the direct result of a conspiracy. According to most of these conspiracy
theories, both major oil companies and the Bush administration could benefit significantly form a Pearl Harbor-staged attack on U.S. soil, which would provide legitimacy to war plans with the Middle
East that had already been constructed (Knight 170). For most Americans who remember the vivid images of the World Trade Center, those towers appeared "indestructible" (Mol? 30). Much of
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