The only one playing a game here is you, bolo, and you alone. Did I ever question
if it was a shoot down order not? I didn't think so. I asked
what was shot down, didn't I? Yes, that's what I thought. Are you caught up yet? Yes? Good, because here comes exposure of more of your bullshit games:
The order was not carried out because no one had the opportunity to do so. No head rolled for not following an order because no one was ever in a position to carry out the order.
*AHEM*
9:55 a.m.
The Vice President in the Bunker: 'Should We Engage?' 'Yes.'
Once airborne, Bush spoke again to Cheney, who said the combat air patrol needed rules of engagement if pilots encountered an aircraft that might be under the control of hijackers.
Cheney recommended that Bush authorize the military to shoot down any such civilian airliners-as momentous a decision as the president was asked to make in those first hours.
"I said, 'You bet,'" Bush recalled. "We had a little discussion, but not much."
Louisiana Detour: Advised not to return to Washington, Bush confers with Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card, Jr. on Air Force One. (By Eric Draper - The White House)
Bush then talked to Rumsfeld to clarify the procedures military pilots should follow in trying to force an unresponsive plane to the ground before opening fire on it. First, pilots would seek to make radio contact with the other plane and tell the pilot to land at a specific location. If that failed, the pilots were to use visual signals. These included having the fighters fly in front of the other plane.
If the plane continued heading toward what was seen as a significant target with apparently hostile intent, the U.S. pilot would have the authority to shoot it down. With Bush's approval, Rumsfeld passed the order down the chain of command.
In the White House bunker, a military aide approached the vice president.
"There is a plane 80 miles out," he said. "There is a fighter in the area. Should we engage?"
"Yes," Cheney replied without hesitation.
Around the vice president, Rice, deputy White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, tensed as the military aide repeated the question, this time with even more urgency. The plane was now 60 miles out. "Should we engage?" Cheney was asked.
"Yes," he replied again.
As the plane came closer, the aide repeated the question. Does the order still stand?
"Of course it does," Cheney snapped.
The vice president said later that it had seemed "painful, but nonetheless clear-cut. And I didn't agonize over it."
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Now... would you like to tell me again that
"The order was not carried out because no one had the opportunity to do so. No head rolled for not following an order because no one was ever in a position to carry out the order."????????????????
I didn't think so.... and btw... exactly
when did flight 93 get within 80 miles of Washington, or any other high profile target??
Whatever your answer is, the fact remains that a shoot down order was NOT carried out, since they deny shooting down flight 93 in Shanksville, right? Who disobeyed a direct order, handed down from the president, to shoot a plane down?
Please take all the time you need to answer so that you're not lost when you reply.
Thanks...