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In reply to the discussion: Listening to msnbc 9/11 coverage, something really bothering me [View all]panader0
(25,816 posts)28. The events on that day are arguably the greatest watershed moment in our history.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan came from those events. Why should it be considered wrong to discuss this earth shattering event?
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Listening to msnbc 9/11 coverage, something really bothering me [View all]
madaboutharry
Sep 2012
OP
...and we STILL haven't seen the unedited TAPES (like more than 10) of the pentagon hit....
uponit7771
Sep 2012
#3
I never understood why those damn "emergency alert" tests we suffered through for years
Happyhippychick
Sep 2012
#4
Remember that when they finally got the planes scrambled, they were NOT armed. They were
Pirate Smile
Sep 2012
#6
If it is all "conspiracy theory" than why did the PNAC have their plans all written up already?
rwsanders
Sep 2012
#30
And right out of their playbook "The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today"
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#69
but when a small plane breached the airspace near the Pres. O in Seattle, the fighters were there
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#26
Air traffic controllers have "the authority" to recognize planes in the wrong airspace.
Atman
Sep 2012
#27
Random. You're funny. PNAC even stated in their docs they wanted another Pearl Harbor.
valerief
Sep 2012
#31
I translate your post, Whiskeytide: Our military leadership was incompetent and lacked the
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#36
Thanks. I hope that planes have now been equipped so that this kind of even cannot occur.
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#105
Radar can see aircraft with transponders off. Mainly, the transponders are for exact indentificatio
ladjf
Sep 2012
#37
I believe that your statement that "controllers do not see actual radar return" is not true.
ladjf
Sep 2012
#68
So nice during a time of war the enemy is honorable enough to leave their transponder on
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#73
The FAA notifies the military when a plane veers off course or shut off a transponder
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#79
the military has no RADAR capable of watching the skies within the country?
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#80
What I noticed was the broadcaster's total lack of showing empathy toward the horror
Auntie Bush
Sep 2012
#17
With over an hour of warning, the Republican Pentagon could not muster even a pop gun
Berlum
Sep 2012
#19
we are expected to believe Rumsfeld had no idea of the attacks until a plane hit the pentagon 1 hour
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#77
I never ever understood WHY box cutters and BIG knives were ever allowed in the cabin anyway.
SoapBox
Sep 2012
#21
The events on that day are arguably the greatest watershed moment in our history.
panader0
Sep 2012
#28
It's a real stretch to think our $600BB/year Pentagon couldn't protect itself.
Old and In the Way
Sep 2012
#49
they expect us to believe that the RADAR was looking outward,military has no RADAR within country
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#81
yes--standing orders are to scramble instantly on a threat, someone high up must tell them
librechik
Sep 2012
#55
If we're capable of asking these questions, why didn't Congress? Are they stupid, or what????
patrice
Sep 2012
#57
they were underfunded, given a vicious deadline and get this NO subpoena power
librechik
Sep 2012
#102
Four hijacked airliners are a lower priority than one golfer in a tiny plane n/t
arcane1
Sep 2012
#59