General Discussion

FuzzyRabbit

(1,968 posts) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:23 PM Sep 2017

We're the Only Plane in the Sky

"Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board."

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/were-the-only-plane-in-the-sky-214230

I found this article to be fascinating. And I couldn't help but think of how horrible it would be if Trump was president during something like 9/11.

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

We're the Only Plane in the Sky (Original Post) FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 OP

Not the only plane in the sky. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #1

+1 2naSalit Sep 2017 #2

Read the article. It does say what you said. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #3

It wasn't until the next day or so that Bush had the bin Laden family flown to safety. byronius Sep 2017 #5

"it is fascinating how we were more aware of what was happening than the president" yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2017 #4

This article felt like a Norman Rockwell whitewash to me. Humanizing the inhumane. byronius Sep 2017 #6

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,362 posts)

1. Not the only plane in the sky.

Reply to FuzzyRabbit (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 06:05 PM

Sep 2017

The Air Force (and probably other branches) had plenty of aircraft aloft. Plus, a few plush airliners getting any Saudi royals safely out of the country.

2naSalit

(86,721 posts)

2. +1

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 06:42 PM

Sep 2017

FuzzyRabbit

(1,968 posts)

3. Read the article. It does say what you said.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 07:42 PM

Sep 2017

"We're the only plane in the sky" is a quote from one of the Air Force One crew. It is not something I wrote or said.

The article, for your information, is a series of recollections of the day from people who were on Air Force One that day. It is long and will take you awhile to read, but it is fascinating how those of us on the ground were more aware of what was happening than the president and those around him on the aircraft. They had very little communication with the ground while in the air.

byronius

(7,396 posts)

5. It wasn't until the next day or so that Bush had the bin Laden family flown to safety.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 08:10 PM

Sep 2017

When no one else was flying at all.

Always bothered me, that little nugget of fact.

That and the shredded air controller tapes Cheney was recorded on.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

4. "it is fascinating how we were more aware of what was happening than the president"

Reply to FuzzyRabbit (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 08:02 PM

Sep 2017

I don't think dubya was aware of anything!

byronius

(7,396 posts)

6. This article felt like a Norman Rockwell whitewash to me. Humanizing the inhumane.

Reply to FuzzyRabbit (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 08:20 PM

Sep 2017

Yeah, Bush seems like a towering inferno of competency next to Trump, but a lot of people suffered and died for his doltish logic as well.

When Karl Rove is quoted as saying nice and fuzzy things, I know something is truly wrong. That man is a bloodless butcher, the precursor to Trump, and a traitor to the United States.

WTF with this post. Politico sanitizes the Bush Regime.

Reply to this discussion