Question for all those who were totally against the war?

Question

Honest, thought out answers only please as this is a serious question.

What would you have done if you were president at the time of 9/11? How would you have handled the situation?

People are constantly criticzing things but do they have an alternative plan to what is either being proposed or what was done? I'd really like to know. It may be helpful in the future.

Answer 1

I would have done a full court press in Afghanistan instead of the small force we sent so that the Taliban and Al Quaida were totally eliminated and Osama Bin Laden was killed or captured. I would not have relied on the loyalty of a warlord who was a hired gun to do the job for me. I would have recognized that Saddam Hussein had the potential to be dangerous but also recognized that he was a stabilizing force in his own way, and kept Iraq locked down with sanctions and air control like we had been doing and while stepping up controls on his imports. I also would not have driven our foreign allies away from us so that we could work with them to coordinate anti-terror operations on a global scale, and mop up other Al Quaida type groups. These are just basic things. For those who ineveitably will say this is 20/20 hindsight, these were courses of action that were advocated by experts and either ignored or denounced as un-patriotic by the Bush administration.

Answer 2

As others have pointed out, Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. Additionally, as former weapons inspector Scott Ritter has pointed out on numerous occasions, our government was well aware of the fact that Iraq had no WMDs. So why would a government dominated by oil men and financial interests attack an oil-rich nation that they knew had no WMDs? Major-General Smedley Butler provides a possible answer in this excerpt from his 1933 speech "War is a Racket:"

WAR IS A RACKET

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. . . .

There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.

It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

Answer 3

What does Iraq have to do with it???? NOTHING!!! Al-Qaeda was responsible for 9-11 not Iraq, nor Afghanistan either!!

If I were President I would have prosecuted only the criminals who did it, have them arrested and convicted. That is what a reasonable person would have done!!

But I have no “obscure reasons” to invade these countries.

Answer 4

Honestly, since there is no link between 9/11 and Iraq I feel to see how I can answer your question other than to say the invasion of Iraq would not have been an option !

Answer 5

9-11 was clearly an inside job.

Loose Change

http://www.loosechange911.com/

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Operation Northwoods

Operation Northwoods, or Northwoods, was a 1962 plan by the US Department of Defense to cause acts of simulated or real terrorism and violence on US soil or against US interests, blamed on Cuba, in order to generate U.S. public support for military action against the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. As part of the U.S. government's Operation Mongoose anti-Castro initiative, the plan, which was not implemented, called for various false flag actions, including simulated or real state-sponsored acts of terrorism (such as hijacked planes) on U.S. and Cuban soil. The plan was proposed by senior U.S. Department of Defense leaders, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Louis Lemnitzer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

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Interesting Quotes:

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it
happens, you can bet it was planned that way." -
Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's
views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest
men in the United States —in the fields of commerce
and manufacturing—are afraid of somebody. They know
that there is a power somewhere so organized, so
subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so
pervasive, that they had better not speak above their
breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” -
Woodrow Wilson

“A financial element in the large centers has owned
the government since the days of Andrew Jackson.” -
Franklin Roosevelt

“We are on the verge of a global transformation. All
we need is the right major crisis and the nations will
accept the New World Order.” - David Rockefeller

“Today, America would be outraged if UN troops entered
Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be
grateful! This is especially true if they were told
that there was an outside threat from beyond, whether
real or promulgated, that threatened our very
existence. It is then that all people of the world
will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one
thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented
with this scenario, individual rights will be
willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their
well-being granted to them by the world government.” -
Henry Kissinger (Bilderburg Conference 1991 Evians,
France)

"The easiest way to gain control of the population is
to carry out acts of terror. The public will clamor
for such laws if the personal security is threatened."
- Joseph Stalin

"The real rulers of Washington are Invisible and
exercise power from behind the scenes." - Justice Felix
Frankfurter - US Supreme Court Justice

"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible
Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its
slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation". - John
F. Hylan - Mayor NYC 1918-1925

"The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know
that a financial element in the large centers has
OWNED the Government of the U.S. since the days of
Andrew Jackson." - FDR to Col. E. Mandell House 11/21/1933

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the NY Times,
Time Magazine, and other great publications whose
directors have attended our meetings, and respected
their promises of discretion for almost 40 years. It
would have been impossible for us to develop OUR PLAN
for the world if we had been subjected to the lights
of publicity during those years. But, the world is now
more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a
World Government. The supranational sovereignty of an
intellectual ELITE and World Bankers is surely
preferable to the national auto - determination
practiced in past centuries." - David Rockefeller CFR
Kingpin, Founder of the Trilateral Commission, NOW
Godfather / June 1991

Answer 6

I would have addressed the issues of why fundamentalism was breeding in foreign nations, I would not have gone in all gund blazing. Also, 9/11 would not have happened on my watch, unfortunatly I care more about the lives of citizens to sit there reading my pet duck when thousands were dying. Adressing the root causes instead of chasing the outcomes is the only viable way to combat terrorism.

Answer 7

I don't see how this will help in the future but here it goes,

IF I were President, I'd go after the TERRORISTS. Which we did, but it seems we didn't finish the job.

But that's just me. Maybe if my family and friends were involved in the oil and war industries I'd be singing a different tune...

Answer 8

I know it is difficult to come to terms with, Morgana, but we live in a nation that is run by criminals. They know exactly why they go to war even as they must offer the public a reasonable pretext. Your problem with understanding the issue of their war in the Middle East is due to the fact that you are much too trusting of the U.S. ruling elite.

Answer 9

I would have taken the fight where it belonged. Afghanistan/Pakistan. As far as alternative plan? The damage has been done. Now the best we can hope for is an ending.

Answer 10

For sure I would have checked all my sources (intelligence and counter-intelligence) with a fine toothed comb before going in with both guns blazing unless of course, I have a vested interest in opting for war. Let's say like oil, military contracts, weapons sales...wars are big business.