This is fairly interesting to me. I have several left leaning friends who were, and still are very critical of W's choice to stay and finish reading the children's book to the class of second-graders he was with in Florida the moment he was informed about the September 11th attacks. I have always defended his actions. What could've been accomplished in those 5 or 10 minutes by that one man?

 

Regardless, here are several of the reactions of the students in that room, in their own voices.

 

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2069327,00.html

 

"A second plane hit the second tower, America is under attack." - Andrew Card

Thanks, CWB.

I don't know how anyone can be critical of Bush's leadership in the few days after the attack.

I don't know how anyone can be critical of Bush's leadership in the few days after the attack.

 

...watch Fahrenheit 911 and it'll tell you how they can be.

I don't know how anyone can be critical of Bush's leadership in the few days after the attack.

 

Nor can I. At the moment he was told, I'm not sure there was an appropriate response. Had he stayed for another two hours, I could see a legitimate reason to criticize. But he stayed something like 7 minutes.

Did I just time travel back 10 years ago?

...watch Fahrenheit 911 and it'll tell you how they can be.

 

Michael Moore epitomizes everything I detest about our political discourse. I think the government should be questioned and challenged as frequently as possible, but it should be cogent and reasonable, not some silly attempt to smear the other side at any cost. If there were valid points in that film it was lost through the deceptive editing and exaggeration. I'm with Zoot and Randy on this.

Did I just time travel back 10 years ago?

 

I don't follow...

Michael Moore epitomizes everything I detest about our political discourse. I think the government should be questioned and challenged as frequently as possible, but it should be cogent and reasonable, not some silly attempt to smear the other side at any cost. If there were valid points in that film it was lost through the deceptive editing and exaggeration. I'm with Zoot and Randy on this.

 

Trust me, I don't question W. Bush's leadership in the days following 9/11 - at all. I only brought up that ridiculous "documentary" to demonstrate that there are people who see otherwise.

Trust me, I don't question W. Bush's leadership in the days following 9/11 - at all. I only brought up that ridiculous "documentary" to demonstrate that there are people who see otherwise.

 

I definitely didn't think you you were agreeing with Moore, I was just piling on.

I don't see how him handling it differently would have made things any better. I also think he did nothing wrong in staying a few more minutes with the children.

In Decision Points he says he knew was being watched and filmed after Card told him about the 2nd plane. Logistically SS probably had to ensure they had route back to Air Force cleared before he could leave anyway. "Secret Service wanted to get me to Air Force, and fast." A stationary motorcade on an unsecured route would have not been good that day.

 

While enroute he made the first decision of the situation. Shoot down unresponsive planes. "Hijacked planes were weapons of war." So in minutes a decision was made that if necessary to save thousands on the ground to kill hundreds of Americans in the air.

 

And it only took Obama 16 hours to decide to take out the mastermind of that day - after sleeping on it.

This is fairly interesting to me. I have several left leaning friends who were, and still are very critical of W's choice to stay and finish reading the children's book to the class of second-graders he was with in Florida the moment he was informed about the September 11th attacks. I have always defended his actions. What could've been accomplished in those 5 or 10 minutes by that one man?

 

Regardless, here are several of the reactions of the students in that room, in their own voices.

 

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2069327,00.html

 

Monday morning quarterbacks are amongst the most vile, ignorant morons on the face of the earth. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule.

In Decision Points he says he knew was being watched and filmed after Card told him about the 2nd plane. Logistically SS probably had to ensure they had route back to Air Force cleared before he could leave anyway. "Secret Service wanted to get me to Air Force, and fast." A stationary motorcade on an unsecured route would have not been good that day.

 

While enroute he made the first decision of the situation. Shoot down unresponsive planes. "Hijacked planes were weapons of war." So in minutes a decision was made that if necessary to save thousands on the ground to kill hundreds of Americans in the air.

 

And it only took Obama 16 hours to decide to take out the mastermind of that day - after sleeping on it.

 

:lol:

The decision was HOW to kill him, not IF. Obama decided between the easy route (drop a bomb on the place), or the difficult choice (send in commandos). Bin Laden had been there for 5 years, so the issue wasn't nearly as time-sensitive as Bush's decision.