Fair enough...

Post #39,800 by Simon_Jester 5/24/02 10:17:58 AM Reply	Fair enough... But if a "normal hijacking" was considered "acceptable", why create a plan to "take out" Al Queda? I mean, assuming that the US does not lay battle plans for a war against an entity that poses only an "acceptable threat", the plan that was instituted against Al Queda post 9/11 should never have been prepared pre-9/11, no? Personally, I think that the attack plan against Al Queda had nothing to do with the airline attacks. Al Queda, has a long history of attacks against the US that more than justify a plan being laid out to "take out" the Al Queda. I just have a problem with the President continuously repeating that he didn't take additional actions because he didn't know that they were going to fly the planes into building.
Post #39,821 by Brandioch 5/24/02 12:26:33 PM Reply	Slightly less fair...... I just have a problem with the President continuously repeating that he didn't take additional actions because he didn't know that they were going to fly the planes into building. Some specific actions were taken. Well, one. Ashcroft stopped flying commercial flights. You know. The ones that have the risk of terrorist hijackings.
Post #40,254 by mmoffitt 5/28/02 11:16:17 PM Reply	Admitted Bias. I've got to say (again if I've said it elsewhere) that I can't talk rationally about this. See, I'm a student pilot getting ready for my check ride. I was actually in the air solo on 9/11 and got called down immediately. Student pilots were "officially" grounded for about 2 weeks. Then, the weather turned shitty here and I couldn't fly for another 2 weeks. BUT! the bin Laden family was cleared to fly WEEKS BEFORE I WAS. Now, maybe you can forgive me, but the fact that the bin Laden Group was responsible for Dubya's first non-family earned million, the fact that at least one Deputy FBI Director resigned protesting Dubya's immediate call to "back off the Saudis" following his Selection as Resident, and the fact that the fricking kinfolk of the apparent architect of the aircraft into buildings were allowed to fly BEFORE I WAS has forever chastened my (normally) objective view. In short, there is a hell of a lot of baggage predisposing me to believe the worst of our Resident. Further fueling my jadedness is the fact that whenever anyone dares to criticize the Resident or his family there is an almost knee-jerk reaction of "INTENSIFIED WARNING OF FURTHER ATTACKS! CODE RED! CODE RED! CODE RED!" coming out of the White House. I believe the Executive Branch is occupied by un-American, indeed EVIL people who are capable of any number of unspeakable acts. But then, maybe that's just me ;-)

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