9/11 Conspiracy Theories: an Introduction
September 11th, 2009 will be a day that stands in infamy for the United States. As we know, thousands of people lost their lives because of the actions of nineteen terrorists, who flew two planes into the World trade Centers, one into the Pentagon, and one into a field in Pennsylvania. The United States government classified it as a terrorist attack. However there are many people who believe that the United States Government was in fact complicit in 9/11: they in fact allowed it to happen, and indeed may have orchestrated the terrorist attack. Since that fateful day over sixteen years ago, both sides have been arguing about the truth of the matter. In my first post, I will be evaluating two different articles, one from the National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States; and one from the other side, the people that call themselves “Truthers,” or those who believe that the United States Government itself was behind the terrorist attacks. The first article I read w...