Fahrenheit 9/11?

Question

What are the key points made by Micheal Moore in the film?

Answer 1

that BS is widely accepted by and promoted by the gullible.

Answer 2

Read the "Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11" by Dave Kopel.  Moore's agenda driven "documentaries" would make Joseph Goebbels proud.

Answer 3

That the Bush administration possessed knowledge of an imminent terrorist attack prior to 9/11 based on chatter data collected by intelligence agencies.  That people like Richard Clarke, federal counter-terrorism specialist, tried to see Bush numerous times to talk about this data, was rebuffed, told Condi Rice and others about it, was still rebuffed, and was only allowed in to see the president days before the attack.  The Bush administration took no action, since in the aftermath of the contested 2000 election the country was split and the administration was besieged and unorganized. And uninterested in counter-terrorism.  Also, Moore touched on the relationship between the Bushes and the Saud royal family, how several members of the Sauds who had family and other ties to binLaden were allowed to leave the country right after the attacks even though all other non-military air traffic was grounded.  Moore isn't trying to paint a conspiracy theory picture, just raising the bungled opportunities to stop the attacks, and the way the adminstration took advantage of 9/11 to get the country behind the case for the Iraq war almost from the start.  In his (and many others') opinion the administration was more concerned with the politics of oil in the Middle East than they were with national security, because of the long history of the Bush family in the oil industry.  I would call the movie a good piece of "counter-propaganda," which restored many of the images and facts that were snipped from the national consciousness by a self-censoring mainstream media in the aftermath of the attacks under the banner excuse of patriotism.  "A good hard piece of gutter journalism," as one of my friends called it.  And that's not a negative review.  We could have used more of the same--maybe we wouldn't be mired in two rotten wars right now.

Answer 4

His whole movie is pointless - just a huge 2-hour BS rant - that's all.  It's a movie based on his ridiculous conspiracy theory that our own government planned the 9/11 attacks - gimme a break!  What a waste of money, making that pathetic movie!   Basically, there are no 'key points' in that movie 'cause it's all hogwash - nonsense.  Can't make sense out of nonsense - lol.