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wol seems to be operating under a misunderstanding of what his job description really is. apparently, unless someone actually tells him what to do, and when, he is incapable of action. the
voa news:
president bush says he received no information prior to september 11, 2001, indicating a terrorist attack on america was imminent...
"there was not a time and place of an attack," he said. "it said osama bin-laden had designs on america. well, i knew that."
ok, smarty-pants, if you need instructions, write this down:
get rid of the deficit. oh, and be nice.
all sarcasm aside (well, maybe not all, this is skippy), we actually have no quibble with the defense that there was no specific time and place mentioned in the memo. however, seeing that there was plenty of information that al qaeda was plotting hijackings, and wanted to strike in this country (remember the name of the memo, awol?) here is what bothers us, and has been bothering us since even before this pdf memo was declassified:
after the first plane was reported incommunicado with air traffic control on 9/11, why weren't there alarm bells at the highest level sounding loudly? why was awol still reading to a kindergarden class? why was rumsfeld still sitting at his desk? why didn't the faa notify norad immediately? why weren't interceptor planes in the air from the closest afb?
in other words, what happened to the strategic air defense of this country for that hour and a half on the morning of september 11, 2001?
oh, awol, in case you need someone to tell you: answer these questions! oh, and, be nice!
cross-posted at mydd, and the american street, and our own "you kids better straighten up or we're turning this car around!" blog.