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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:26 AM Original message |
The 9-11 question rarely heard: What would YOU have done to prevent a 9-11 event? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. eliminate goddamn box cutters from the acceptable carry-on items list |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I was thinking about that earlier |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Airline safety. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. No major policy changes or greater scrutiny of decades of covert operations? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Not really, no. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The system worked |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Because what we thought then we |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Those people were in DC when they shouldn't have been, though. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Yes, the system worked |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Do you think those incompetents in charge couldn't have been stopped |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Oh, yeah, that issue affects a whole bunch of things |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Exactly - and why accountability is CRUCIAL - without it we will get more 9-11s |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. No argument from me. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Al Gore has a nice section in Assault on Reason |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. They didn't really want to stop it |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Al Gore's Brillance Again.. |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. For starters |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. That's a strong point. And speaks to DECADES of wrong policies that led straight |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. "hate us for our freedoms"...is |
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obnoxiousdrunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. BINGO ! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Read my Presidential Daily Briefings, for starters. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. A diplomat like Jimmy |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Don't prop up dictators & totalitarian regimes just for economic expedience |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I agree with that. 9-11 began long ago with those covert operations |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. My job, plain and simple. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Disgusting how corporate media deep-sixed the Operation Northwoods revelation. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. I know that now..too. That was |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Some generic preventives... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. That wouldn't have wanted it to happen.. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. First, since hijackings had been well known for over 30 years, |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Why even for then? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. Banish the entire Bush family to the dark side of the moon. nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That'd be my call. AFTER exposing the entire fascist agenda fully, of course. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. You make me want to |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. All Bush had to do was pick up a phone and warn the airlines. ..n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. But, all he did was |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. Elected Gore. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
18. Clinton stopped the Millenium bombers with vague information ... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. What President Clinton Was Doing |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. I know! I know! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. Question IS "What did BUSH fail to do?" It is not about ME. I'm not the problem. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. You can't think of anything YOU'D do differently in the 80s and 90s if YOU were |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. I already did it |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reinforced the Bulkhead doors then look at how El Al does security |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. Dismantle the CIA |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Dismantle the CIA 'cell' loyal to Poppy Bush who abetted terrorism for decades? |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Implement Dennis Kucinich's foreign policy (nm) |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. I would have hunted down and killed OBL in the years 1992 thru 2000 |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Ah Ye-ah..I'm thinking if they |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. True - Poppy Bush's abetting of terror networks was more than Bin Ladens group. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. You know sooo much |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. Stimulating question, blm. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Excellent point. I would submit that most people have no idea WHY we were |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Bravo to the Congress who do.. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. Assuming I was elected in 2000? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. And with the hindsight of what you know now, what would be your priority |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Starting with 1980, assuming I have Shadow Dictator powers or something: |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. heh - pretty good answer - |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. There were plenty of people |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. Stop fucking in people's business that didn't want us in it |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Nor to me. Anyone who bothered to READ the BCCI report and the documents |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Implement Hart-Rudman |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. Let the FBI do their fucking jobs. n/t |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. Repealed sanctions on Iraq during the '90s, removed American |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Listen to Richard Clarke |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. Duh.. For one, Don't allow public access to plane's cockpit! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. Follow up on all the warnings we got |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I think most of DU would agree about that. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
69. After Aug. 6 PDB, I'd have warned the flying public... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. The same thing I would've done years earlier - opened the books on BushInc. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
70. Showing up to work would have been a good start... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
71. Since 9-11 was an inside job, I'm not sure what can be done to prevent it. |
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