“Also, once he did leave, he wasted more time flying all over the place for no apparent reason other than he was afraid he’d be attacked. Neither Bush nor Cheyney stepped up to the plate on 9/11 and ran the country.” Okay, I have read all of this and tried to stay calm and collected. BUT, there is some knowledge that needs to be spread here. First–the President of the United States and his closest aides are in continually communication with the White House, the Pentagon and the various situation rooms at all times. We have the most sophisticated communications system in the world set up for this very purpose. The decision to ‘move’ the President during a time of attack is made by the secret service. The President had little if anything to say about where Air Force one was headed when planes were falling from the sky. The decision to ‘fly all over the place’ was made to protect the Commander in Chief and leader of the free world. When he landed in Omaha, for instance, there were still 29 jumbo jets still unaccounted for. Several of these had taken off from foreign soil. A few were larger than your average private jets. The President needed to be flown to secure locations with advanced communications, fighters available and prescreened personnel. Thus, he was flown to highly secure Air Force bases. When the first plane hit the first tower, it was assumed that it was a grievous error. The President being notified so quickly is evidence of just how closely he is kept informed. If you will review the record, you will see that when the second plane hit, the President was removed from a public area. This was for his own protection and the protection of the children he was near. This country was under attack in a way not seen since Dec. 7, 1941 (that is the suprise attack on Pearl Harbor). No one knew in those first hours what would happen. Were there bombs already planted? Dirty bombs? Water polluted? The VP, first lady, and senior senators/reps that could be quickly located were all removed from DC and taken to ‘secure’ locations. To claim that ‘nothing was done’ is irresponsible, incorrect and displays a rather alarming misinformation campaign. As far as ‘lying’–look up quotes from the majority of the democratic leadership who received the same information as the White House. You will see that most, including Mr. Kerry, called for the removal of Saddam. For instance, “”Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime … He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction… So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.”
– Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003″ Michael Moore is the ‘Hanoi Jane’ of today. His remarks in Europe recently encouraging the insurgents to shoot American soldiers are sickening. He is profiteering in the most cruel way to promote himself. I, too, have seen the amputees–up close and personnel. And I can tell you that they are still incredibly brave young men and women that, for the most part, understand exactly what they are doing. They have seen their Commander in Chief kneel by their beds to pray with them. They salute when the flag goes by. They move, by whatever means available to them, throughout Walter Reed with American flags on their chests. Instead of supporting the misinformation campaign of Michael Moore, send $8 to the Red Cross at Walter Reed.