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Thing1 said:
It's not what he should have done to "change the situation."

It spoke to his leadership. I don't know how anyone could hear that we're under attack & just sit there.
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What should he have done that would have changed the situation, at that moment.
 
Thing1 said:
It's not what he should have done to "change the situation."

It spoke to his leadership. I don't know how anyone could hear that we're under attack & just sit there.
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He has maturity. He would not burst into tears in front of a bunch of grade schoolers. He finished the story and attended to it.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
What should he have done that would have changed the situation, at that moment.
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Upon hearing that America was under attack, he should have politely excused himself from the classroom, and found out exactly what was going on. He couldn't have know at that moment what he could or couldn't have done to change anything. But he is Commander in Chief at that moment - and he abdicated his responsibility to our nation.

Good to see that you're still apologizing for him, though.
 
Thing1 said:
Upon hearing that America was under attack, he should have politely excused himself from the classroom, and found out exactly what was going on. He couldn't have know at that moment what he could or couldn't have done to change anything. But he is Commander in Chief at that moment - and he abdicated his responsibility to our nation.

Good to see that you're still apologizing for him, though.
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And what information was available, at EXACTLY THE MOMENT he was told?
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
And what information was available, at EXACTLY THE MOMENT he was told?
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We were under attack.
But junior was more interested in finding out the end of the storybook, My Pet Goat.

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Personally I dont think GWB did anything wrong by finishing the book. Had he grasped the situation immideatly I think he would have handed the book to the teacher and said something important had come up, but he did nothing wrong by waiting a few min's. He said he did not want to frighten the kids.

He then proceeded to fly around in air force one for the next 8 hours with no decisive decisions about where he should go. Finally he ended up back in Washington, D.C. and kept the indecivisivness secret about those hours secret for years.

9-11 is simply silly to try to compare to what happened last week in Brussels. Especally from the perspective of an American President.
 
christiefan915 said:
It's okay Pmp you don't have to try and be right all the time. The foreign leader who came to the US after 9/11 was Chirac. And then we repaid the favor by treating his country shamefully when France wouldn't support the Iraq war.
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"Freedom Fries"
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
That wasn't what I asked you.

And what information was available, at EXACTLY THE MOMENT he was told?
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The Pet Goat


Lets open the book, shall we?

8:58 a.m.
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AGENT: Excuse me, Sir.
SIR: What is it, Chip?
CHIP: Sir, we've just received word from Washington. About 12 minutes ago a plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
SIR: How big?
CHIP: 767, Sir.
SIR: I got a bad feeling about this one, Chip. If that tower comes down, New York is going to look all... unbalanced. Unbalance makes me queasy, Chip. I don't know if I can be President of a city that makes me queasy.
CHIP: Sir, you're President of the United States, not New York City.
A school bell rings.
BUSH: Oh! That's my cue. How's my tie?
CHIP: Fine, Sir.
BUSH: Okay. Chip? What are those four-legged blanket things that eat thistles? You know, the horn-head things?
CHIP: Uh... goats, Sir?
The Pet Goat, Part 1: Of Goats and Eating Things.

The pet goat
a girl got a pet gōat.
she liked to go running with her pet gōat.
she plāyed with her gōat in her house.
she plāyed with her gōat in her yard.

but the gōat did some things that made the girl's
dad mad. the gōat ate things. he ate cans and he ate canes.
he ate pans and he ate panes. he even ate capes and caps.

one dāy her dad said, "that gōat must go. he ēats too many things."

the girl said, "dad, if you let the gōat stay with us, I will see that he stops ēating all those things."

her dad said, "we will try it."

so the gōat stāyed and the girl made him stop ēating
cans and canes and caps and capes.

This girl is a go-getter! Goat seems like fun too.



This is getting tough. I could sure do with a holiday.

Canes and panes...
...What are these things?


...Are they goat food?





Seems like everything turned out okay for the blanket thing. I need a break.
9:05 a.m.

Bush shrug
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"Dammit, Chip!"
BUSH (whispering): Chip! Hold up two for "balanced", one for "unbalanced"!
Chip holds up a closed fist.
BUSH (whispering): Dammit, Chip! Give me something to work with here!
CHIEF OF STAFF (whispering): Sir, a second plane has hit the World Trade Center. America is under attack.
Bush looks confused.
BUSH: ...uh... Chip? Where's Laura?
CHIP: According to the manifest Sir, she's performing a "closing forever" ceremony at the New Orleans Emergency Response Centre.
BUSH: Okay Chip, I want you to call her and tell her "George needs more disposable razor blades." She'll know what to do.
The Pet Goat, Part 2: More Things about The Pet Goat.
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Bush pet goat
but one dāy a robber came to the girl's house. he saw a big red car nēar the house and said "I will stēal that car."

he ran to the car and started to ōpen the dōōr.

the girl and the gōat were plāying in the back yard. they did not see the car robber.

more to come

If you wanna steal stuff, you should only tell the folks on the Supreme Court who're gonna give it to ya.





Wait, more to come? I can't wait 'til later!
Later: our Reluctant Hero goes to spread democracy

BUSH: Laura! They're talkin' about me on the TV again!
LAURA: That's nice, honey.
BUSH: Boy, Chip. That cardboard thing sure taught me a lot about foreign policy.
CHIP: It's called a book, Sir. It was about a goat.
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Jarod said:
Personally I dont think GWB did anything wrong by finishing the book. Had he grasped the situation immideatly I think he would have handed the book to the teacher and said something important had come up, but he did nothing wrong by waiting a few min's. He said he did not want to frighten the kids.

He then proceeded to fly around in air force one for the next 8 hours with no decisive decisions about where he should go. Finally he ended up back in Washington, D.C. and kept the indecivisivness secret about those hours secret for years.

9-11 is simply silly to try to compare to what happened last week in Brussels. Especally from the perspective of an American President.
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We actually agree on something lol.

It's apples and oranges. I don't know that Bush reacted right or wrong under the circumstances but I do know that it's easy to second him guess on it. My guess is he kept reading the book because it takes a minute to process the fact the country is under attack and your Commander in Cheif. Whats he supposed to do? Jump up and scream 'were under attack!!!!' Lol?

The flying around seems weird, 15 years removed from the events. But again, at the time nobody knew what was coming next and being up in the air is a safe place to keep the president if things got worse.

In contrast, Obama wasn't presented with anything resembling the same kind of challenge. Another country was attacked by Islamists. Maybe he's as jaded about it as everyone else is. It's not 2001 any more.

The whole world has gotten used to it. He could have not gone to the game or he could have kept doing what he set out to do. I don't see where it matters much either way.
 
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