How did America benefit from the loss of the WTC?
401848
Simply stated: Oil, Arms and Drugs.\n\nThe WTC catastrophe triggered a knee-jerk reaction that perpetuates the underlying militaristic economy of America.\nEver since WWII America has based her economy on being in a state of war or building up to being in a state of war. \n\nImagine, if you can, America without her vast military industrial complex. Millions would be out of work, oil prices would bottom out, the arms industries would fall off dramatically and the economy would be in ruins. Americans would have to stop buying all their toys like TVs, computers, cars, trucks, etc... America is more than interested in controlling Iraqi oil for our gas-guzzling machines and to keep her own military buoyant. \n\nDrugs. America is infested with drugs. America's got a drug culture. Legitimate drugs (prescription and over-the-counter) and illegitimate (grass and opiates) are all worth fighting for. Control the government of Afghanistan and you control the import/export trade of enormous amounts of opiates and billions of dollars of revenue.
1027720
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you.  The burning fuel INSIDE the WTC generated enough oven-type temperature to weaken the steel of the building (not high enough to melt it, granted).  The rest was gravity and the inherent design of the buildings (which, BTW, were designed to pancake exactly as they did, albeit far in the future when their natural demolition time came).  The fact that temperatures over 1500 degrees were registering in the pile afterward is the same closed-oven concept- the pile kept the heat in much longer than if it was exposed to the air.
1116053
it will affect our society by representing triumph. It will be a symbol, sign, and message to the citizens of this country and the entire world that the U.S. is rebuilding from a horrific event, 9/11. Definitely good thing.
384060
no, the "TERRORISTS" didn't...the terrorists that flew the planes were found alive later and the government kept it quiet.  Look at the tower bombing video...see the explosions in the basement?  If those towers fell from the planes, they would have went sideways, not straight down.  The company that cleaned it up wouldn't be a presidential demolition crew that knocks down buildings for a living...they were waiting right next to the damn things waiting for them to fall to go to work
193272
Yes i do believe that the Bush administration was behind 9/11 !! Too much evidence pinpoints at Bush!\n\nEvidence refers that the WTC buildings 1,2 and 7 didn't collapse simply because of fire as told by the Bush admin. but because of pre-planted explosives!! \n\nNever before in history has a steel high rise building collapsed simply because of fire. On 9/11, by coincidence, three such buildings collapsed in ten to fifteen seconds, almost freefall speed. \n\nIn other words, if you dropped a brick from the top of the World Trade Center it would have taken about that time to hit the ground.\n\nFor further verification visit this website:\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6545313046180631815&q=contrary+9%2F11&pl=true\n\nI know that after you watch the video included on this website you will all believe that Bush was the one behind all this!
250753
I agree with you about the twin towers falling. My husband is an iron worker and has helped build a lot of "tall" buildings. He even said structural steel does not "melt" all the way to the bottom floor, like it supposedly did. He believes the buildings were "wired" from the bottom up. The fuel did not leak out all the way to the bottom. The pictures on tv of the twin towers falling reminded me of the pictures they show when a company is purposely demolishing a building.
499570
the wtc is in america...we are hated worldwide...we shall have no pity,justice,or mercy...we just give,never receive
1078717
Yes, but not having a Boeing 747 crashed into them. They actually stood up for quite a long time with the fires and the structural weakening. No building is meant to withstand the magnitude of a crash from a Boeing 747 with a full tank of fuel. The steel inside should have actally expanded, but yet it stayed still long enough for most of the survivors to get out. I think the structural integrity weighs out the disaster. The twin towers weren't going to stay up forever, as with most skyscrapers they are very succeptable to the elemetns as well.
376256
That is a very open ended question.  \n\nAfter WWI America was in a economic depression.  A very strong isolationist feeling was prevalent throughout the land.  America fought in WWI and even though we won, we really received no benefit from being in that war.  When the new war broke out in Europe the American people wanted nothing to do with it.  \n\nAmerica's greatest ally (England) was in danger of losing the war, but we would not help.  We were helping economically and providing arms, but no military.  \n\nIt was not until Japan attacked us that we started fighting back.  The President used the attack on Pearl Harbor as an excuse to start helping England.  If Japan had never attacked us, We may have never gotten involved, and the world picture would be completely different.
1133367
It would probably be more symbolic than anything.  The Sears Tower is the tallest building in the United States, and terrorists are into symbolism and such.  That's why they attacked the WTC - it was the symbol of America's economic might.  The Pentagon was attacked because it's the symbol of America's military might.
485522
No because the government and the military can not effectively manage the money that we currently give them. It would be just throwing good money after bad. Ask yourself, has the government done what they said they would do right after 9/11? Do you feel that the actions that US government have taken since 9/11 have made America safer? I think not and according to several polls, 60-80% of americans don't think so either.
634380
1.Africans Americans got more rights.\n2.They lost alot of money.\n3.They were able to rebuild America.\n4.For more,get out your history book.\nHope this helped you.
523927
The main reason actually started back in World War II.  Because many of the richer nations of that time were heavily bombed caused those countries to put much of their resources into rebuilding.  America was the only capitalist nation that did not have to rebuild the country and that gave America a big head start.
172001
Well i think you have to specify which World trade center you are asking about. So many of them were taken out, so be a little clearer.
434427
interesting distortions and outright lies about history here...\nPearl harbour attack came first. The japanese began to loose from about 1 year into the war. The americans won, (no, the americans are not looosing when we reduce the size of an attacking force from occuping many nations back to its original size) despite american victories, the japanese refused to surrender prefering death to surrender, so the usa used nukes on two cities, and saving many american and japanese lives in the process\nLikewise 9/11 and thousands of other terrorist incidents occured before afghanistan or iraq. There are thousands of muslim terrorist bombings etc in lands that have nothing to do with the usa or even the west thus nothing to do with actions in iraq or afghanistan.. (india, thialand, sudan just for example)\nJapan was a facist, fanatical society (sounds like some muslim countries) and was given democracy... iraq and afghanistan were given democracy as well, and they will be better off for it..
357017
Larry Silverstein Purchased The WTC Within A Year Of The Attacks And 6 Months B4 The Attacks(9/11), He Insured The WTC Complex For A RECORD 7 BILLION $$(With A Clause In The Policy SPECIFICALLY Covering A TERRORIST ATTACK)\n\nWell.. Mr. Silverstein Recently Purchased The Sears Tower And A Short Time Ago, Insured It For ANOTHER RECORD(UnDisclosed)Amount....\n\nThe SECURITY For WTC Was Provided By (Get This) MARVIN BUSH\nA Brother To George W And Jeb(Which May Explain How The FOLLOWING May Have Occurred)\n\nIt Is Being Investigated That The Buildings Were RIGGED For CONTROLLED FALL( Which Would Have Taken MONTHS)\nIncluding Building #7 (Which Was NOT HIT BY A PLANE And Had Minimal Fire Damage)\nIt Has Been Stated By Structural Engineers(Independant Of The Hokey Investigation By The Bush Crime Family)That It WAS NOT POSSIBLE That WTC 1 and 2 COLLAPSED From The Impact Of The Planes That Hit Them\nThe REASON BLDG 7 Was Destroyed Was To Conceal The EVIDENCE That The Buildings Were Dropped From A Control Bunker In The Basement(Where The Technicians "Ignited The Fuses" So To Speak)\nIt Is VERY Difficult To PROVE As The EVIDENCE Of These Crimes ( THE DEBRIS FROM THE COLLAPSES)Were HURRIED AWAY TO CHINA For RECYCLING After The Disaster\nThe So Called TERRORISTS That Were SUPPOSEDLY Flying Those Planes (Mohammed Atta And His 19 Friends) Well..16 Of The 19 Are In Fact Proven ALIVE With The Other 3 UnAccounted For ,But Presumed ALIVE\nIt Has Been Speculated That The 2 Planes Tht Hit The Towers Were Remotely Operated By The Military With NOONE Aboard\nFlight 93 (The One That "CRASHED" In PA) Is In Fact STILL In Service\nAnd At This Time , There Is NO EVIDENCE That A Plane Crashed Into The Pentagon, Although Something(A US Tomahawk Missile???) Did Fly Into And Destroy A Portion Of It\n\nWhat Ive Told You Is In EVIDENCE In A Theory Behind The Trade Center Attack Being An INSIDE JOB ORCHESTRATED By The BUSH Crime Family , And BLAMED On TERRORISTS So That Bush Could ILLEGALLY Go To War(Without The Approval Of Congress)\n\nFor MORE On This See: Alex Jones At Ground Zero\n\nhttp://martiallaw911.info/video.htm......\n\nSee Also: Loose Change 2nd Edition (Google It)\n\nhttp://www.world-action.co.uk/explosives...\n\nhttp://www.commondreams.org/views03/0204...\n\nhttp://www.realestatejournal.com/propert...\n\nhttp://martiallaw911.info/video.htm...\n\nIMPEACH BUSH NOW
688936
Did you know Babylon is the Great city which is  New York and the "whore of Babylon" is the statue of Liberty. When it state babylon "IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN" THATS THE WTC "IS FALLEN TWICE IS BECAUSE BOTH TOWERS OF BABYLON WERE COMING DOWN. Just like Babylon of old the tower of the world power fell. then it goes on to say that a angel took a stone and cast it in the sea and that Great city was seen no more.\n\nAnd no the want close the borders.