# 9/11 & foreign policy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-foreign-policy/553237>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 9, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-foreign-policy/553237 "2010-09-09T23:26:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yokan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@yokan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yokan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-foreign-policy/553237/1 "2010-09-09T23:26:12Z")

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Were the tragedies perpetrated on 9/11 a result (partially or fully) of erroneous American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East? If so, how much was said policy a role and what was so problematic about it?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-foreign-policy/553237/2 "2010-09-10T01:54:54Z")

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Well, America _exists_, therefore it played a role of _some_ kind…

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-foreign-policy/553237/3 "2010-09-10T02:08:55Z")

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[U.S. Military Bases and Empire](http://monthlyreview.org/0302editr.htm)