Reply #101: It's not what I would call a funny situation.

[Sophree]

And you're mischaracterizing what I'm saying, while conveniently ignoring the facts.

It's the time that ellapsed that is suspect.

(All info from unansweredquestions.org) Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon is my prime concern. A case could be made that the military was caught off guard and just could not scramble jets in time to intercept Flights 11 and 175. Flight 77, however, crashes into the Pentagon

8:13 am Flight 11 (WTC1) hijacked.

NORAD is alerted of the hijacking at either 8:31 or 8:40 am.

8:43 NORAD is alerted that flight 175 (WTC2)

8:46 Flight 11 slams into WTC1

Flight 77 goes off coarse, also at 8:46 am.

8:56 Flight 77 turns off its transponder and is never heard from again

9:03 am Flight 175 hits 2nd Trade Center Tower.

http://www.unansweredquestions.org/timeline/main/flight77.html

"9:24 a.m. The FAA notifies NORAD that Flight 77 "may" have been hijacked and appears to be headed toward Washington. <9:24, NORAD, 9/18/01, 9:24, AP, 8/19/02, 9:25, CNN, 9/17/01, 9:25, Washington Post, 9/12/01, 9:25, Guardian, 10/17/01> This notification is 34 MINUTES after flight control lost contact with the plane and well after two planes have crashed, and even then the FAA only says "may"? Is such a long delay believable, or has that information been doctored to cover the lack of any scrambling of fighters? CNN notes that "after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned the military's air defense command that a hijacked airliner appeared to be headed toward Washington, the federal government failed to make any move to evacuate the White House, Capitol, State Department or the Pentagon." A Pentagon spokesman says, "The Pentagon was simply not aware that this aircraft was coming our way." Even Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and his top aides in the Pentagon remain unaware of any danger up to the moment of impact 14 minutes later. Most senators and congresspeople are in the Capitol building, which is not evacuated until 9:48 (see 9:48 a.m.). Only Vice President Cheney, National Security Advisor Rice and possibly a few others, are evacuated to safety a few minutes after 9:03 (see (After 9:03 a.m.)). Yet, since at least the Flight 11 crash, "military officials in a command center on the east side of the urgently talking to law enforcement and air traffic control officials about what to do." Is it believable that everyone in the Pentagon outside of that command center, even the Secretary of Defense, would remain uninformed?"

9:33-9:38 am- Flight 77 crosses the Pentagon airspace at about 7000 feet, comes within a few miles of the White House, makes a turn and heads back toward the Pentagon.

9:38 Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon with no fighters/interceptors in sight.

"9:38 a.m. NORAD states the fighters scrambled after Flight 77 took off from Langley at 9:30, 129 miles away, yet when Flight 77 crashes they are still 105 miles away. If so, that means they must have flown north 24 miles in 8 minutes - an average of about 180 mph!"

There are MANY suspect times provided by NORAD throughout its account.

Even if fighters really were scrambled to protect Washington, DC at 9:30, that is still 44 minutes after the 2nd Trade Tower is hit and 44 minutes after Flight 77 shows its first signs of having been hijacked. It is an hour and 15 minutes after the first plane (Flight 11) was hijacked.

There are 52 minutes between the time of the 2nd Trade Tower being hit and the Pentagon being struck.

A $400 billion/year military that cannot protect its own headquarters from an air attack with AT LEAST (I'd wager its longer) a 52 minute warning? This defies all common sense. If my skepticism of the "Incompetance Theory" makes me a loony conspiracy theorist, so be it. I call bullshit.