Well Dis, as I have pointed out in several other threads when this comes up, sitting there for seven minutes was the wrong thing to do. Only the president of the United States can give the order to down a civilian aircraft on American soil. Him sitting in the room for seven minutes is seven minutes in which a response could have been made. As I have pointed out, an F-18 travelling at full burn can cover 193 miles in those seven minutes. When you add in the distance that missles can cover you're talking about a range of 220 miles. By Bush sitting in that classroom he gave those airliners, and others that were considered risks, a chance to get closer to their targets or take them out all together. Based on the protocols for dealing with this threat is was a terrible decision to sit in that classroom IMO. A leader? A commander in chief? Hardly. A scared little man hiding from responsibility.
BTW... to sjwalter. How do you show resilience and leadership to a nation when you sit in a classroom of seven year olds while the nation is under attack? Please explain this logic to me.
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