This is the same Oliver Stone who has called the attacks a legitimate "revolt" against America. The conspiracy theorist and "JFK" director has also suggested the attacks might have been the brainchild of multinational corporations.

Stone says his new 9/11 film is "not about the motives of the terrorists." Podhoretz writes, "God forbid anyone should question the motives of the terrorists."

The movie's screenwriter, Tony Kushner, is a self-proclaimed Marxist. He was a signatory of a letter written after 9/11 that accused U.S. leaders of unleashing "a spirit of revenge" following the attacks, and said the "brutal repercussions have been felt from the Philippines to Palestine."

Podhoretz writes that Kushner "views Israeli self-defense in the Intifada as a 'brutal repercussion' from American warmongering after 9/11, and 'takes inspiration' from Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve" in the West Bank or Gaza.

"Certainly there are a lot of political undertones and overtones," he told the Chicago Sun Times. "In other parts of the world, the new movie will be [about] fear of American invasion. It will be clearly about the Iraq war for them."

The move comes after "Hanoi Jane" spent time this spring "sorta kinda apologizing for her appalling conduct" during the Vietnam War, Podhoretz writes.