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It's ridiculous to think that there is no possibility that there were people who could have prevented it, but choose not to.
by doki_pen 15y ago
It's ridiculous to think that there is no possibility that there were people who could have prevented it, but choose not to.
- jonhendry 15y agoTo the extent this is a possibility, it's more likely they didn't know exactly what 'it' was going to be, and were expecting something comparatively minor.
- schrototo 15y ago"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
- 5l 15y agoEven better, when ignorant, don't attribute it to anything.
- rbanffy 15y agoWhile I think the intelligence agencies were just incompetent to identify the proper threat, perhaps for lack of an adequately warped imagination (911 was a game changer in the rules of plane highjacking - nobody ever used a passenger plane as a missile before), I don't think anyone allowed it to happen on purpose. However, the president and his associates certainly saw the opportunity and ran with it. The damage done will take decades to undo.
- Joeri 15y ago"911 was a game changer in the rules of plane highjacking - nobody ever used a passenger plane as a missile before" True for civilian planes, but it stretches the imagination a little too far that the US military could discount planes as missiles, given the precedent of pearl harbor.
- prodigal_erik 15y agoIt would be startling if they overlooked a threat vividly described in a best-selling novel seven years before, Debt of Honor.
- markokocic 15y agoJust google for Nikola Kavaja.