was it a spectacular failure of the military/ president that the attacks on Sept. 11 were allowed to happen?

Question

he was on vacation an entire month before the attacks, and the air force didn't even attempt to defend the pentagon though they knew a terrorist attack was in progress, they had 40 minutes after the WTC was struck to respond and they failed

Answer 1

no...it was utter brilliance.anyone that has done a modicum of research of the timeline knows that it was an inside job.norad knew what was going on in the skies that day.their technology is cutting edge.

Answer 2

You obviously have done ZERO serious research on the Sept 11 attacks, and your ignorance of the true facts are blatantly obvious to all who read your question.

Well, you have this coming, so here goes.

FIRST: Show me where, in any legal document anywhere governing the conduct of the American president, where it is illegal for the President to take vacation. Also, while you're at it, show me where it's illegal for the President to take said vacation "for a month."

Check your facts, skippy, before you open your big mouth and make a fool out of yourself; the President was not on vacation for "an entire month" before the attacks.

SECOND: if you HAD done some serious research, you would have read the 9/11 Commission's Report and you would have known the true and correct sequence of events that took place in regards to the military response to the attacks. You would have known that the FAA delayed in requesting support from the military for nearly fifteen minutes after the first aircraft went off-course and off the air. You also would have known that once the request for air support was made, the Air Force did in fact scramble two F-16 alert aircraft from Langley AFB, Virginia, and that the FAA failed to tell NORAD where they wanted the aircraft to go. So the aircraft were placed in a holding pattern out over the Atlantic ocean about 60 miles offshore, and by the time the FAA told NORAD where they wanted the jets to go, the fighters would NOT have been able to catch the aircraft even if they had run the entire way on full afterburners.

You would also know, had you done ANY research at all, that it would have taken an order directly from the President of the United States for a military aircraft to fire on a civilian aircraft.

You also would have known that by the time the jets were scrambled, it was already too late.

Your self-imposed ignorance on this topic is astounding, surpassed only by the fact that you chose to air this ignorance publicly by asking this stupid question.

Answer 3

I would say that both were unprepared for what happened, but it would have been more of a miracle if the military would have been able to find or shoot down any of the planes.

With the confusion, the thousands of commercial jets in the air at the time, by the time they could have found the one off course or whatever, there would have been no time to get it.

As for the government, they were still using all of Clinton's anti-terrorist programs, so those must not have been very effective. That's why there were so many changes made after 9/11.

Not sure why you think the fact he was in Crawford has anything to do with it. Most modern presidents had homes to go back to when Congress was out of session, and most did so. But they are always accompanied by their staff, and are always in communication and always know what is going on. It's a modern world, people can work from home.

Answer 4

Do a little research before pounding your "point" into everyone. Do you know how short of a time 40 minutes is? There were thousands of planes that had to land at the same time. There is so much wrong with your opinion it is ridiculous. The attacks weren't "allowed" to happen. Granted, signs were there that one was going to happen someday probably at some point. Very clear, huh? People hate us and want to attack? No way. How was anyone to know the day, time, exact targets, who, how it would be done? I'm so tired of people like you that want to pass blame on anyone that they can. It was such a tragic event that couldn't possibly have been predicted. The terrorists wanted to do it, it was going to happen. Think about how much worse the devastation could have been if they had wanted it to be. 40 minutes...Look at your watch and time 40 minutes. Next, remember the last time you flew in an airplane and remember how long it took to land. Now, imagine thousands of planes trying to do that at the same time. I am sure anyone could have done better. You want to blame and say that is what is wrong with america? Maybe the problem is that people are so ignorant in this country that they believe only the things they see on tv and ignore anything but what they want to believe. Facts don't lie, it was a mess, could have been seen if they knew what to look for, but NEVER could have been predicted the exact facts surrounding what happened.

Answer 5

I always find amusement in people who want to blame the Bush administration for the 911 attacks when his budgets and policies hadn't even taken effect yet! Let me remind those people that the 911 attacks were planned for over 3 years right under Clinton's nose while he was busy trying to hunt down and capture Bill Gates instead of Bin Laden. So if you're not satisfied with blaming al Qaeda terrorists for 911, then I suggest you look at the Clinton administration's 8 years of treating international terrorism lightly. Silly liberals.....they honestly expected George Bush to have done in 8 months what Clinton couldn't do in 8 years!

Answer 6

An important question, though science must be accurate.
The planets started galactica, and 13 other battle fleets and
in order to win, they had to have a worthy opponent. China.
No, Vietnam, all done, Cambodia, ah the last great exports.
So with work is down, and the media is hot to chat on pop goes
the weasel network, the oldest leaders threw their pagoda into
the ring. Somewhere long and far enough away planet white
is surrounded by the black network of the militants. This is it
get them now before they multiply, (something beside 2,000
times the basketball scores). Idle minds made bad choices.
This blank slate theory was written by nearly every philosopher
thus far, and the dates, and names are the same, only the
tv coverage has changed. My view, it was a propaganda
movie on the fifteenth planet from Star blazer, where the navy
has full control, and law is eat or be eaten. True leaders as
deemed by the powers of God, would not hold the war on the
home teams planet. So a pretty big tidal wave, tv update.

Answer 7

They couldn't get an ok from the general to fire on the civilian planes. So they did try. That's the fault of our generals, not the whole branch of the government.
So what if the president was on vacation? What would he have been able to do? Jump in front of them? It was going to happen regardless of where he was. That's like saying it was Bush's fault that New Orleans got hit by a hurricane. ^_- Wait.... people say that too. Clinton had Osama in custody years ago, and let him go. So should we blame Willy too? This question was pointless. This is a forum for questions. If you want to debate who's fault 9/11 was, go find a conspiracy forum.

Answer 8

Sort of. Clinton had opportunities to act, but tied the military's hands behind their backs until he was out of office.

9/11 had been in planning for years and the Clinton administration knew of them, but Monica attracted Billary's attention and Billary could not resist the charms of a buxomy woman over something that would never touch or affect him anyway (like the demolition of the World Trade Towers). He is from Whitewater, Arkansas anyway.

Thank God we had a Texan in the White House on 9/11. Those guys still take the Alamo personally.

Answer 9

Negligence or purposeful negligence, that tis the question.

I've researched immigration and the loopholes throughout our system. Officials could have easily turned a blind eye.

Answer 10

You can lead a horse to water...but you can't make him drink.
People who refuse to see the truth.....will NOT see it no matter what you do. Let them live with the consequences.