reply to post by Griff
Holding someone responsible....
To me, while it might give some satisfaction to hold someone responsible for dropping the ball, this is something that there really is not one or two
or three or even 100 people that you could justly punish. Where would you start?
The government of the early 90's (from George Bush down to the newest Congressmen) who made the decisions that emasculated our Continental Air
Defense?
The government of the mid to late 90's, that just did not recognize the growing threat of terrorism?
The government that had only been in office for seven-ish months and was still trying to figure out what phone did what in the White House? (okay,
thats a bit of exaggeration...but has some validity)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, for not using their power to maintain round the clock, fully armed interceptors in many locations...rather than just five
or six places?
The FAA/Pentagon for not having clear cut plans and authorities listed for shoot down situations?
Jamie Gorelick, for disapproving the requests to go even further in investigating certain individuals in 2000?
Bill Clinton, for NOT taking out Osama when the US military literally had Osama in a gunsight?
The dozens of FBI/CIA/NSA employees for obeying the law and not sharing the scraps of information they had with their counterparts in other
agencies?
The Church Commission for helping create those separation laws that seemed so necessary in the mid 70s?
George Bush for not blasting the snot out of several countries the moment he took office?
Where would you start? and where would you finish?
Osama and his ilk took their time, analyzed our weaknesses, (allowing knives less than 3 inches in length on airliners, our pitiful record for going
after visa violations etc...) and used them against us.
