conspiracy "theory"
we're supposed to post our conspiracy theories here, right?
here's an idea:
Certain people in the U.S. government (especially President George W. Bush and his administration) had plans to invade Iraq before September 11th. The sanctions levied on Iraq (and much of the middle eastern region) were a barrier to trade between the US and Iraq. Iraq is an oil rich country and the US had money to gain if it could secure these much needed resources. The US used 9/11 as an exuse to invade Iraq. The US government lied to its people, stating that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, while knowing that these weapons did not exist.
The war in Iraq is an imperialist war.
If this is too old of a theory, or too obvious, I will change it.
posted by Porcelina @ 1:29 PM
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1 Comments:
Good start, something you might want to think about is what kind of sources you're going to use, especially evidence that links the US's actions with profit specifically (although after tonight's film, it would seem that there are plenty of places to start!). In terms of scholarly research, much has been written about this in economic journals, literary journals, and political science journals. I would try using JSTOR (which you can get to from madcat), it provides plenty of full text articles that are free to access if you are a UW student.
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