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WASHINGTON, May 16, 2002 — President Bush was expected to sign detailed plans for a worldwide war against al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, U.S. and foreign sources told NBC News.
The document, a formal National Security Presidential Directive, amounted to a “game plan to remove al-Qaida from the face of the earth,” one of the sources told NBC News Jim Miklaszewski.
WASHINGTON — After years of delay caused by inadequate intelligence, the U.S. government decided just one day before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that it would try to overthrow the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan if a diplomatic push to expel Osama bin Laden from the country failed, the independent panel investigating the attacks reported Tuesday.
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
I'm not really familiar with the patriot act. I don't think I've read about it yet.
Originally posted by vipertech0596
You name a terrorist group, or another non-allied country, and there is at least a basic war plan tucked away at the Pentagon. Half of the people there it seems like, sit around making/updating war plans for various scenarios everyday.
Originally posted by trebor451
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
I'm not really familiar with the patriot act. I don't think I've read about it yet.
Incredible I-don't-believe-what-I-just-read slap to the forehead.
What?????
You're not really familiar with the patriot act? You don't think you've read about it yet?
And you hope that we (or anyone, for that matter) takes anything you say here to be the words of a cogent, intelligent, logical, thoughtful, well researched and well read and informed commenter?
You're not really familiar with the patriot act? You don't think you've read about it yet?
And you hope that we (or anyone, for that matter) takes anything you say here to be the words of a cogent, intelligent, logical, thoughtful, well researched and well read and informed commenter?
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
I was just introduced to an article where they say that 2 days before the 9-11 attacks took place the war against al Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan were ready to go. Bush only needed to sign for it. How surprising, is it not.
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
reply to post by GoodOlDave
I know of all those terrorist attacks. This however is not the point. The point is that the US government has been ready to launch a full scale war and then told everybody that 9-11 triggered their response.
So they lied. Well... that they lie is pretty normal as politician tend to lie a lot.
However... They made everyone they lied to look like a fool in the process, which was unnecessary and they were so full of themselves they mocked US citizens and allied nations in the process.
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
I know of all those terrorist attacks. This however is not the point. The point is that the US government has been ready to launch a full scale war and then told everybody that 9-11 triggered their response.