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Pale Blue Dot

(16,831 posts) Wed Jun 26, 2013, 09:15 PM Jun 2013

I've forgotten that there was NO WAY Bush could have stopped 9/11. [View all]

Last edited Wed Jun 26, 2013, 10:25 PM - Edit history (1)

He didn't have the intelligence apparatus in place to tell him that Bin Laden was determined to strike in the US, and that he would likely use planes to do so.

Truly, the only way we could have stopped 9/11 is if we spent trillions on an intelligence operation run by independent contractors and if we as Americans had given up some of our most basic constitutional rights.

Without those things in place today thousands of Americans might die, because there would be no way to stop terrorist attacks otherwise!

Remember - Bush could not have stopped 9/11.

For the sarcasm impaired:

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I've forgotten that there was NO WAY Bush could have stopped 9/11. [View all] Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 OP

Well Booz Allen was not around nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #1

There's no way he would have stopped it. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #2

Please don't post this conspiracy theory bullshit in my thread. Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #4

A different leader may or may not have stopped it. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #6

It was obviously LIHOP or MIHOP, obvious demolition of the towers and bldng 7, etc. diane in sf Jun 2013 #9

Apparently not so obvious. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #11

The demolition alone means it was premeditated Hydra Jun 2013 #13

OMG! cpwm17 Jun 2013 #16

Thank you. Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #17

Yep, Osama himself took credit for 9-11 cpwm17 Jun 2013 #19

Flashes in the windows 2 floors ahead of the destruction are caused by air pressure? Hydra Jun 2013 #18

I don't want to hijack this thread cpwm17 Jun 2013 #20

And don't forget! Several foreign intelligence sources warned us about a possible attack! KansDem Jun 2013 #3

If only we had the power back then to record the phone data of all Americans. Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #5

But Bush and Condi Rice ignored warnings FROM NSA intel months before. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #7

I don't know if you're missing my sarcasm, but that's exactly my point. Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #8

The intel worked...he ignored it Narkos Jun 2013 #10

It's hard for me to believe that DUer's can't see that this is sarcasm. Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #12

I saw it, and it was a good post Hydra Jun 2013 #14

Heh. He couldn't stop it because it would go against the wishes Kurovski Jun 2013 #15

Still trying to stuff that strawman, huh? baldguy Jun 2013 #21

And WHY is it a strawman again? Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #22