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He would have immediately sent troops to Afghanistan and not squandered valuable resources and money on planning war with Iraq, as Bush was doing in the wake of 9/11. In fact, Colin Powell and Tony Blair had to talk Bush out of invading Iraq in the wake of 9/11 and had to convince him to attack the Taliban/AQ instead of Saddam. Read Bob Woodward's "Bush At War"
He would have immediately sent troops to Afghanistan and not squandered valuable resources and money on planning war with Iraq, as Bush was doing in the wake of 9/11. In fact, Colin Powell and Tony Blair had to talk Bush out of invading Iraq in the wake of 9/11 and had to convince him to attack the Taliban/AQ instead of Saddam. Read Bob Woodward's "Bush At War"
Woodward spoke to Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld, Blair, Rice, etc. and all the other principal figures in the WoT and interviewed them in person for his books about the Bush Administration. I wouldn't dismiss what he had to say about Bush being reluctant to go after Al Qaeda, as he had first hand inside information.
Woodward spoke to Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld, Blair, Rice, etc. and all the other principal figures in the WoT and interviewed them in person for his books about the Bush Administration. I wouldn't dismiss what he had to say about Bush being reluctant to go after Al Qaeda, as he had first hand inside information.
Do you believe all of those people would discuss top secret military strategy with a hack like Woodward or anyone for that matter? Think about these things before you post. Do not believe everything someone like Woodward writes to make a buck.
Do you believe all of those people would discuss top secret military strategy with a hack like Woodward or anyone for that matter? Think about these things before you post. Do not believe everything someone like Woodward writes to make a buck.
Yes, because Woodward had previously known many of them. Do you seriously believe that media figures in DC who have covered politics for their entire working lives have no connections with leading politicians?
There is documentation in his books that he actually did talk with the people in question, many of whom he had contact with previously in a lifetime of covering politics in DC. Also, those books are hardly biased. Woodward tried to go out of his way to be unbiased.
He would have acted to stop the attack before it occurred.
If you all can play in your fantasy land, I can play in mine. They're equally valid - except for the fact that your guy Bush completely botched his response, so you have less credibility.
Obama is an extremely intelligent and pragmatic man.
Obama would have listened to the pre-9/11 warnings coming in throughout the summer from other countries, and he would have tried to prevent the attack before it ever happened.
He would have also been completely honest with the public, and not try to cover it up the way Bush did.
You can tell these thing simply by the way he is handling the current economic crisis. He is being completely open and honest about everything. His Recovery.gov website is a perfect example of this.
Yes, because Woodward had previously known many of them. Do you seriously believe that media figures in DC who have covered politics for their entire working lives have no connections with leading politicians?
There is documentation in his books that he actually did talk with the people in question, many of whom he had contact with previously in a lifetime of covering politics in DC. Also, those books are hardly biased. Woodward tried to go out of his way to be unbiased.
He was far from unbiased and no I do not think any of those people said any such thing about Bush, the President of the United States at the time and their boss. It is very naive to think that.
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