Project for a New American Century

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

You believe what you just wrote? So all of the scenarios that analysts imagine, develop and propose, which are turned into real world scenarios and practiced every year, don't mean a damn thing? You are aware that them fighter jocks are trained to fire their weapons regardless of the target being military or commercial. A target is a target and they trained to execute their orders without question. And no, you do not need to know what their plans are. The protocols are explicit. If a plane varies off course NORAD is to respond and have that aircraft escorted back on course. If the pilot does not respond they are to take appropriate measures, which can include downing the aircraft. NORAD had a pretty good idea what the hell was going on too. Reports of four aircraft being off course and at least three of them reporting being hijacked. Yup, a lot to think about there.

As well, NORAD's ability (and responsibilty) was handicapped by the incredible number of war games and exercises going on that particular day (at no other time in US history has that many exercises been conducted that tied up so many functions to protect the nation). Let me guess, coincidence? It was also a coincidence that an aircraft was allowed to penetrate one of the most heavily protected no-fly zones in the country (the skys over Washington)? Interesting that the missle batteries that protect the White House and Pentagon failed that day too. Even more interesting is the most secure above ground building in the United States (the Penatgon) could not produce one frame of evidence from its federally mandated surveillance system of what hit the building or the resulting mayhem. Just another coincidental failure, right?

Sorry, but too many failures of protocols and systems that have redundancies built into them. I was a skeptic to begin with, but every day I find out a little more while working on the inside that confirms this was at best allowed to happen. The government has done a wonderful job obfuscating the facts and convincing people otherwise.

Explain . . .or is that one of those I'd tell you and then I'd have to kill you type things.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Explain . . .or is that one of those I'd tell you and then I'd have to kill you type things.

I'll pm you. Oh, and I do know people that do that type of thing too, and you'd be shocked to know I met them in grad school working on their second Phds.