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TopCashQ · 05-16-2002, 10:03 AM

Blaiming Bush for what happened on 9/11 = ridiculous.
Suggesting that Clinton is somehow responsible for it = just as ridiculous.

A President can only act on specific, confirmed and credible intelligence. The FBI report in question was highly speculative, and did not name any hijackers by name, did not concern the flight schools that the terrorists attended, and offered no specifics as to when or where such an attack would occur.

Assuming that the information we have been provided about the nature of the attacks is accurate, then there were precisely 19 people who were directly responsible for the terrorist acts. Beyond those 19 were the who-knows-how-many that helped to plan and fund the operation. These are the people responsible for the attack. End of story.

The responsibility for protecting us falls on our various intelligence agencies, not the President. It's easy to say that more should have been done to prevent the attacks. For my part, I think adequate, basic security measures (like a secure cockpit door, perhaps?) were the real failures on that day.

One of the costs of having an open and free society is that we are susceptible to attack by those with the will to do us harm. Sure, we can prevent things like 9/11 from happening again: simply ground all air transportation, close the borders, declare perpetual martial law, require that all citizens carry documentation proving their citizenship, and institute random searches of all homes, hotels, homeless shelters and street corners on a round the clock basis.

Presto! We're all safe.
Anybody want to live in a country like that? I don't think so....

05-16-2002, 10:03 AM
TopCashQ Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 141	Blaiming Bush for what happened on 9/11 = ridiculous. Suggesting that Clinton is somehow responsible for it = just as ridiculous. A President can only act on specific, confirmed and credible intelligence. The FBI report in question was highly speculative, and did not name any hijackers by name, did not concern the flight schools that the terrorists attended, and offered no specifics as to when or where such an attack would occur. Assuming that the information we have been provided about the nature of the attacks is accurate, then there were precisely 19 people who were directly responsible for the terrorist acts. Beyond those 19 were the who-knows-how-many that helped to plan and fund the operation. These are the people responsible for the attack. End of story. The responsibility for protecting us falls on our various intelligence agencies, not the President. It's easy to say that more should have been done to prevent the attacks. For my part, I think adequate, basic security measures (like a secure cockpit door, perhaps?) were the real failures on that day. One of the costs of having an open and free society is that we are susceptible to attack by those with the will to do us harm. Sure, we can prevent things like 9/11 from happening again: simply ground all air transportation, close the borders, declare perpetual martial law, require that all citizens carry documentation proving their citizenship, and institute random searches of all homes, hotels, homeless shelters and street corners on a round the clock basis. Presto! We're all safe. Anybody want to live in a country like that? I don't think so.... __________________ <a href="http://www.topcash.com/">TopCash</a> - paying 6 cents per click - no conversion ratio requirements! <a href="http://www.topbucks.com/">TopBucks</a> $35 - $40 per signup or 80% partnership <a href="http://www.oneverify.com/webmasters/_webmastersinfo.htm">OneVerify.com</a> new AVS paying $20 per TRULY free signup