Reply #9: Oh my fucking gawd, are you *really* this fucking dumb?

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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Sun May-10-09 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #218
222. Jesus Christ, BeFree....
you still can't seem to get this straight. NO ONE is saying that merely "combat-ready" fighter jets were taking up space reserved for fighter jets "on alert". "Combat-ready" and "on alert" are NOT THE SAME THING and I don't know how long this is going to take to sink in with someone who has such trouble with nuance.

There were fighter jets "on alert" at Langley. There were no fighter jets "on alert" at Andrews, there were only "combat-ready" fighter jets. A major distinction between "on alert" and "combat-ready" is that "on alert" fighter jets can launch within 15 minutes. Since fighter jets that are merely "combat-ready" are not fucking ARMED and it takes several hours to arm them, by repeatedly asking why we didn't send "combat-ready" fighter jets to intercept AA77, you are essentially asking why we didn't send unarmed fighter jets. I hope you will agree that is an absurd question.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=246042&mesg_id=246730

Please don't ever question anyone else's comprehension, critical thinking skills or logical thinking skills. You've just proven yourself to be void of any of these skills...

"Notwithstanding the identification of these emerging threats, by 9/11 there were only seven alert sites left in the United States, each with two fighter aircraft on alert. This led some NORAD commanders to worry that NORAD was not postured adequately to protect the United States.99

In the United States, NORAD is divided into three sectors. On 9/11, all the hijacked aircraft were in NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (also known as NEADS), which is based in Rome, New York. That morning NEADS could call on two alert sites, each with one pair of ready fighters: Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. Other facilities, not on "alert," would need time to arm the fighters and organize crews."
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch1.htm

Would you like a towel to wipe all that egg of your face, SDud? Jesus Christ you're comical, dude... :rofl: thanks for the laugh!