General Ralph Eberhart, who was in charge of air defense on 9-11, was the first commander of "Northern Command," the domestic unified military command established in October 2002. If the domestic use of the U.S. military escalates into full-scale martial law, the Northern Command would essentially manage it. If 9/11 had been an "intelligence failure," it is likely that General Eberhart would have been court-martialed instead of promoted.
2007-11-07 10:37:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I wonder whos orders he was carrying out and what they were.
2007-11-07 10:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋
Just sit down and think for a bit, the attack is on the worst day cause everyones doing drills. I dont know if youve seen United 93, but there are thousands of little dots that represent planes and only 4 are hijacked. They are all flying towards big cities. If this plane was shot down it would have killed more than the original attacks. He recieved a promotion because he was handling the situation.
2007-11-07 18:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I doubt this reflects on General Eberhart, so much as the Commander in Chief, who undoubtedly kept him waiting. Can we court martial him instead?
2007-11-07 18:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because in September of 2001 we did NOT scramble fighters for hijackings. A simple fact check would have confirmed that for you. The policies the 9/11 conspiracy people love to quote were written BECAUSE of 9/11 so therefore after.
See http://www.911myths.com/html/67_intercepts.html
2007-11-07 18:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
You can't just kick the tires and light the fires. That isn't an unreasonable time-frame from a cold start, and nobody had ever thought it necessary to have fighter intercept on short-term alert in time of peace.
2007-11-07 18:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sez you! Who are you and where did you gain all this insight?
Opps sorry, I saw martial law. Now I realize you are a kiddie playing on the computer. You do not even know what it is, how it is instituted, how it is enforced. Nighty Night.
2007-11-07 19:13:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
More Truther Tinfoil.
2007-11-07 18:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by A Balrog of Morgoth 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
what reason was there at the time to scramble them? it wasn't the responsibility of the military to scramble fighters for commercial airline flights.
2007-11-07 20:46:47 · answer #8 · answered by darrell m 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes
2007-11-07 20:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋