Loose Change 9-11 an American Coup Article Review

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Loose Change: An American Coup and Its Critics

Loose Change: An American Coup is a documentary film directed by Dylan Avery that challenges the official version of what happened on September 11, 2001. The film alleges that the official explanation provided by the government is untenable and full of contradictions. The film describes 9/11 as a false flag operation, an inside job disguised as an act carried out by foreign terrorists. The film also alleges that the Twin Towers in New York could not have collapsed because of an airplane explosion and thus must have been brought down by a controlled demolition and that the Pentagon was hit by a cruise missile rather than an airplane. The film claims that 9/11 was a conspiracy used by the Bush Administration to justify imperial goals in the Middle East.

Many journalists have criticized Loose Change, including George Monbiot who was also critical of the Bush Administration.

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Monbiot says that the theory presented in the film suffers from "the complete absence of scientific advice." Monbiot argues that the filmmakers did not ask any experts although they claimed to ask in the film. The film interviews the flight instructor of one of the 19 hijackers but presents his views selectively. The film does not interview "structural engineers, the materials scientists, the specialists in ballistics, explosives or fire." In contrast, the Popular Mechanics magazine polled 300 experts all of whom confirmed that the Twin Towers collapsed because of airplane explosions. (Monbiot).

Monbiot also argues that the grand conspiracy theory presented in the film is impossible because the conspiracy implicates that tens of thousands of people, including officials in the government, the mayor of New York, police and fire department officers, members of Air Force, and the relatives of those….....

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