OMFG. NORAD scrambled jets. Overreact and waste tax money much?

[Proud2BAmurkin]

:puke:

[robinlynne]

1. you mean norad scrambles jets when planes crash into buildings in NY?

HUmm.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

6. Too bad that didn't happen on 9/11/01 but unfortunately they

were all, save for a very few, on training exercises that day.

[BattyDem]

2. This may backfire

NORAD scrambles after a small plane accident?? All that does is REMIND people that NORAD DIDN'T respond on 9/11


edited: typo :blush:

[KyndCulture]

3. DING DING!

first thing I thought of

[Freedom_from_Chains]

8. I think that everyday these days. n/t

[flyarm]

4. i am on jersey side and Atlantic city usually sends out fighters

and McGuire..i haven't heard anything overhead yet..and i always hear them...its quiet actually!

fly

[BattyDem]

5. I'm just outside of NYC

No jets here. :shrug:

[FSogol]

7. How soon until *, McCain, & bullhorn show up on the scene

and roll up their sleeves?

[stopbush]

9. C'mon. Imagine the CT outcry if they DIDN'T scramble the fighters.

So, it costs money to scramble them. It's only significant because we're so far in the hole from
the Iraq debacle.

[greeneyedboy]

10. that's what they are supposed to do IF there's evidence of hijacking

[Monkeyman]

11. 1 hour after it hit ya right we are safe

[kerry-is-my-prez]

13. Yep - that's what I was thinking. They don't know anything abt the plane

which they're saying is "strange."

So we can see what close attention they're paying to the airspace and flights that are going on around NY - NOT!

[Scoot420fla]

12. This has ALWAYS been SOP even PRE-911

The only problem is that for some reason we decided NOT to follow Standard Operating Procedures on 9/11. We just let it all happen without scrambling a single plane until after the last one had crashed.

[Hubert Flottz]

14. Barney Fifedom, or trying to get the story on FoleyGate on

the back burner?

[bklyncowgirl]

15. Better safe than sorry, don't you think

I have no problem with them taking precautions just in case this is not an accident. This is our tax dollars at work.

[DireStrike]

16. Exactly. The only question here is...

Where were they on 9/11?

[bklyncowgirl]

19. Good question. At least they learned to get the planes in the air.

I suppose that's progress. Of course they didn't have a training excercise going on to confuse them. Besides, if this was a terrorist attack the Chimp is sunk if he screws up again.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

23. don't you think they have normal drills

?

[Rosemary2205]

17. I have no problem with it.

IMHO spending money on scrambling jets is better than blowing the everloving snot out of every Islamic country on the planet.

[Captain Hilts]

18. No, not a waste. It's a good drill for them. nt

[NYYFan]

20. Now, if only they had reacted that quickly on 9/11 n/t

[TheWraith]

21. They reacted quicker on 9/11.

It took them 45 minutes to scramble that day, and an hour to scramble today.

[sweetheart]

22. You've got it

Republican::"Overreact and waste tax money much."