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In article , Matt Osborn
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Just what was Bush suppose to do in your estimation? Jump up and shoot
the teacher?. Perhaps he should have fired nuclear weapons at China?
Maybe he should have run back to the White house where the next plane
would have had a better chance of taking him out?

Our government has all sorts of people who figure out what is going on
and then ask the President to make choices.

This 'seven minutes' is as disingenuous as it gets.

The point of his being stuck in that classroom for so long, is that the
Commander in Chief was incommunicado to his all-important squad of
assistants and advisers while sitting in front of a classroom full of
little kids on a *photo opportunity.* What ANY Commander in Chief of the
United States Armed Forces is supposed to do, when the United States is
attacked, is drop everything and get his ass to a command center,
preferably Air Force One which is probably the most-connected
communications center on Earth, and talk to his people so that the hard
decisions can be made - like, should we scramble jets and disable these
jets before they hit the second tower, before they hit the Pentagon?
Which are decisions that ONLY the President can make.

As for the "it would have scared the kids" excuse, pardon me, bull****.
"I'm sorry kids, the President has some Presidential business to take
care of, so y'all have a great day and we'll reschedule this for another
time! Bye now!" And done.

How is this not common sense? Anyone? Bueller?

First you assume that they knew the first plane to hit the WTC was part of
an attack. They, as well as all of us on a boat off San Diego tuna fishing
that day, most likely thought it was a bad accident. Has happened before.
Bomber crashed into the Empire State Building years ago. And he was in
touch with his people. Those black Suburban's that follow him will have
great radio gear.
Both Kerry and Dashel admit, they had no idea of what to do either. When
the plane was blown up over Lockerbie, did the then President, call a war
council?