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Originally Posted by matthew330
reread everything you wrote. 8:47 the north tower, 9:03 the south tower, and the whenever the pentagon.
this boils down to you trying to suggest we sat on our asses for an hour while we "let" terroists complete their mission. 8:47, 9:03, and 9:37 at the pentagon. That's an hour from a confirmed hijacking to the most horrific attack our country has ever seen. Even with the benefit of hindsight, 4 years later, you're still trying to find a way to point the blame to ourselves. Why else would you ask the question:
" I have to ask: Why did the planes sit on the ground? Why did the 4 minute or less response turn into almost an hour (8:26 to after 9:37)? "
Apparently this is still nothing more than a mystery novel to you folks in silicon valley, who are apparently rooting for the underdog, but the short answer to your question...."MASS MOTHER FUCKING CONFUSION."
The way you phrase the questions and your "facts", it's clear what answer you want.
Sorry to dissapoint.
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The only dissapointment I get from your post, matthew, is that your answer was vague. I realize that people can be confused, but this is their job. In prior hijacking situations, NORAD was able to intercept in under 4 minutes with out incedent. The difference between 4 minutes and over an hour is not neglagable.
As for the way my facts are organized, they are coming from someone who wants to know the answers to the questions. I cited real facts and tried to aviod drawing my own conclusions.
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Originally Posted by matthew330
Apparently this is still nothing more than a mystery novel to you folks in silicon valley, who are apparently rooting for the underdog, but the short answer to your question...."MASS MOTHER FUCKING CONFUSION."
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Now that was an attack if I've ever seen one. Yes, I live in the 'silicon valley' (a term that is about 2 years too late), and yes I see that there are unanswered questions in this horrrible situation, but what the hell is wrong with that? I'm really sorry that I live in a liberal area. I'll bet that bothers you a lot. I'm proud of my city, and I appreciate that fact that the people that live around me can keep an open mind, although I really don't see how it's relavent to my thread.
What if there were another attack? Are you happy with the mass confusion response? Would you like to see this happen again without NORAD's help? The 9/11 Commission was set up to solve the problems that allowed the 9/11 attacks. It's job was seek out and fix the system so that this won't happen again. This is going to be a problem unless we fix it.