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Originally posted by prayerfull
So, we all know now that President Bush was warned - on Aug. 6 - that Osama's crew intended to hijack US planes. No steps were taken to ensure security. Obviously, it wasn't taken very seriously. Are you all surprised about this revelation? I'm not surprised at all.
Now, this morning, the White House reported that they had, in fact, drafted a plan to combat the potential attack and it was sitting on Condoleza Rice's desk awaiting approval. So, now are they going to put it all on her?
Bush's approval rated has skyrocketed since 9/11. Some have even compared him to some of our greatest presidents in US history. What your opinion of him?
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This is what gets me, the President allegedly knew about this on August 6th. NO ONE seems to remember that was around the time of the big flap over the Prez leaving the White House for an EXTENDED stay on his ranch in Texas. During that time, plenty of uprisings were taking place in the Middle East, and Prez Bush rolled out on his GOLF CART, to reassure the US, that he was being apprised of all matters going on there, and that he didn't need to be in the White House, since he and his aides had everything under control from the ranch!!
A little over a MONTH later, 9/11 hit and he was SHOCKED AND SURPRISED?! I was like WTF! Didn't you have an idea this might have happened while you were on the ranch in Texas!!? Maybe if "W" had used a little diplomacy early on instead of taking a hands-off approach, might this situation turned out differently?
That's why I took his unfettered support and approval rating with a grain of salt, because the way I see it, he was asleep at the wheel (or should I say the ranch), when the precursor to 9-11 was going down.
And you can COUNT ON CONDOLEZZA being blamed for any slip ups in security. After all she is the National Security Advisor and more importantly, "W" isn't going to take any responsibility for missing the obvious "ques" in August, 2001!! Its election season!