No, I Didn't

[arisbe]

Vote for Bush. Even though I pulled his lever.

I was voting against the other clown. The one who invented the Internet. The one whose wife wants the government in charge of popular music.

I was wrong.

When the Democrats left office they left behind them at least one strong and effective policy against terrorism. Hijacked aircraft were to be intercepted and forced down. Immediately. No discretion. No exceptions. No excuses. And the world knew it.

On June 1, 2001, Rumsfeld's Pentagon trashed it. Now there would be no interceptions. Except on the order of Donald Rumsfeld. And on September 11 there was no such order. None that we know of. And nobody cares.

So one bright Tuesday morning I stood behind the glass walls of a Manhattan office tower and watched a neighboring tower burn. And then another one.

I don't like Kerry any more than I liked what's his name. But I don't think I'll make the same mistake twice.

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

So that means nothing could have stopped it? We shouldnt examine what policies would have stopped it?

Or just wait for the next attack, and then go find another brown country or two to invade?

[snocat.livejournal.com]

Nonsense. That's a gross oversimplification. Of course it probably could have been stopped. Facts are, it wasn't.

Of course we should examine the policy, but policy doesn't stop planes, getting fighters in the air stops planes, and that may or may not have happened even WITH the old policy in place.

We can Monday morning quarterback this all we want, but it happened, and nothing can change that. The blame for it lies with those who committed the act, pure and simple.

Yes...let's go invade brown countries...you'll forgive me if I don't repond to that gem.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

What about the policies that got them in the air in the first place?

I oversimplified, because you did.

And maybe you are right about the brown country bit, because we can't forget American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002 which authorizes us to invade the Netherlands.

[snocat.livejournal.com]

Yes yes yes, we can debate and analyze ALL the policies, but it still amounts to Monday morning quarterbacking. That's my point.

It's good to know that if we are ever attacked by the Netherlands, we can deal with them swiftly.

[daoistraver.livejournal.com]

Are you saying then that learning from mistakes amounts to monday morning quarterbacking?

We do need to debate these policies, in order to know what demands to make of our government.