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"but what I really don't get, is why this kind of discussion seems to dig so deeply under your skin."
I'll start with this - it doesn't. Apparently I come across differently with my posts then I think i do. There's only been a few posts in the 3-4 years I've been posting where emotion took over sensibility, that I can remember. Though it seems all my posts get the same reaction and it's downhill from there.
"why did bush say no one had any idea this was going to happen when a lot of people did know, including him (as the video now shows)."
How can anyone anticipate, mobilize, and prepare for something that has never happened before - and what a fool you would be if you did, and nothing did happened.
Everyone fucked up. To a situation noone had been in before. Not suprising. I trust it won't happen again.
"if nothing else, at least let me know what definition of "anticipating" you are using. Because I saw you make a distinction between someone thinking something could happen and whether that person is then anticipating the event's possibility. I wouldn't think of a difference myself, and so I'd like to know how you see it."
That someone thinking something "could" happen was the media, who had no stake in the outcome. It was a great story regardless.
If the administration reacted to everything in the world that "could" happen, well...it'd be a great story i suppose. At some point they have to "anticipate" what is likely to happen, and react accordingly. Mistakes were made here, and I believe that in hindsight, even those who stressed the most of this situation, didn't really "anticipate" what actually did.
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