Comments on: The Path To 9/11: Night One http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kitty Litter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93357 Kitty Litter Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:32:43 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93357 SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

Decision ’08 weighs in with The Path To 9/11: Night One: Well, I have to hand it to ABC; they didn’t cave much.

]]> By: wavemaker http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93323 wavemaker Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:48:20 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93323 Taking a lsightly different tack on the observation that Steve makes above, I think the best line in Part I comes at the end of the sequence in which Tenet and Berger pass the potato, and the Warlord back in Afghanistan asks Wahlberg, "Are there any men left in Washington?" Taking a lsightly different tack on the observation that Steve makes above, I think the best line in Part I comes at the end of the sequence in which Tenet and Berger pass the potato, and the Warlord back in Afghanistan asks Wahlberg, “Are there any men left in Washington?”

]]> By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93236 too many steves Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:39:11 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93236 Perhaps I'm just soft, but I believe the film accurately demonstrates that the culprits are our system of government and our culture. Our form of democracy is, by design, deliberative (aka: slow) and purposely includes power sharing and distributes decision making. Our culture includes a bias toward assuming the best of intentions in people, not the worst, and we favor cooperation and collaboration over confrontation. These, to me, are the real causes of the lack of action and immagination that could have led to the thwarting of the 9/11 attacks. The characters in this dramatization, as representative of real people, act as I believe most would have pre-9/11. The more frightening thing to me, now, is how many people have reverted to this way of thinking. A good example of this regression is the view of John Kerry who is touting a new proposal for success in Iraq and the GWOT. It is long on talking, dialogue, understanding, and cooperation and short on the sort of aggressive kill-or-be-killed tactics I believe we need to employ if we are to succeed. So, hopefully this film reminds people, enrages them, and motivates them to support clear thinking in the prosecution of the fight against our enemies. Perhaps I’m just soft, but I believe the film accurately demonstrates that the culprits are our system of government and our culture.

Our form of democracy is, by design, deliberative (aka: slow) and purposely includes power sharing and distributes decision making. Our culture includes a bias toward assuming the best of intentions in people, not the worst, and we favor cooperation and collaboration over confrontation. These, to me, are the real causes of the lack of action and immagination that could have led to the thwarting of the 9/11 attacks.

The characters in this dramatization, as representative of real people, act as I believe most would have pre-9/11. The more frightening thing to me, now, is how many people have reverted to this way of thinking. A good example of this regression is the view of John Kerry who is touting a new proposal for success in Iraq and the GWOT. It is long on talking, dialogue, understanding, and cooperation and short on the sort of aggressive kill-or-be-killed tactics I believe we need to employ if we are to succeed.

So, hopefully this film reminds people, enrages them, and motivates them to support clear thinking in the prosecution of the fight against our enemies.

]]> By: Diggers Realm http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93188 Diggers Realm Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:29:13 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93188 <strong>The Path To 9/11 Is Great! Dems Are Weenies</strong> The Democrats have really come off looking like fools regarding their outrageous uproar about The Path to 9/11. Look, the fact of the matter is that most Americans don't give a crap about what political party someone is in when... The Path To 9/11 Is Great! Dems Are Weenies

The Democrats have really come off looking like fools regarding their outrageous uproar about The Path to 9/11. Look, the fact of the matter is that most Americans don’t give a crap about what political party someone is in when…

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93147 mtl Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:34:53 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93147 To add to the conspiracy of keeping the national heat off the matter: Ramzi Yousef is captured in 95. By this time HRC is looking at a run in NY senate. If Clinton had sought the death penalty, it would jeopardize hillary's run. This wasn't just a matter left to law enforcement-it was left to 'local' law enforcement. To add to the conspiracy of keeping the national heat off the matter:

Ramzi Yousef is captured in 95. By this time HRC is looking at a run in NY senate. If Clinton had sought the death penalty, it would jeopardize hillary’s run.

This wasn’t just a matter left to law enforcement-it was left to ‘local’ law enforcement.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93141 mtl Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:19:47 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93141 How did they get Mario Cuomo to go on the air and dismiss wtc93 with the phrase "it was just five people..."? Wonder why he isn't complaining. and when he said 'five' is he using democratic math, where the pregnant girl in the garaghe only counts as one person? wonder if her family counts her as one person. Seeing Mario and his Larry Johnson-esque dismissal I had a small epiphany. Clinton never had his bullhorn on the rubble moment because the NY dems told him to stay away. He was grateful for their pivotal role in his nomination(2nd, I think) and they might have told him to stay away at the least, and possibly 'don't rock the boat', ignore the Kahane assassins' involvement-this is a local matter. Telling sign of the WJC's deference to the NY State party? No death penalty. In ceding the matter to the State, he avoided the nationalization of our effort to fight terrorism. Kinda bizarre, becuase the dems wanted Bush in New Orleans...but their hero never even made it to the sight of the WTC. How did they get Mario Cuomo to go on the air and dismiss wtc93 with the phrase “it was just five people…”?

Wonder why he isn’t complaining. and when he said ‘five’ is he using democratic math, where the pregnant girl in the garaghe only counts as one person? wonder if her family counts her as one person.

Seeing Mario and his Larry Johnson-esque dismissal I had a small epiphany. Clinton never had his bullhorn on the rubble moment because the NY dems told him to stay away. He was grateful for their pivotal role in his nomination(2nd, I think) and they might have told him to stay away at the least, and possibly ‘don’t rock the boat’, ignore the Kahane assassins’ involvement-this is a local matter.

Telling sign of the WJC’s deference to the NY State party? No death penalty. In ceding the matter to the State, he avoided the nationalization of our effort to fight terrorism.

Kinda bizarre, becuase the dems wanted Bush in New Orleans…but their hero never even made it to the sight of the WTC.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/comment-page-1/#comment-93029 mtl Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:33:50 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/10/the-path-to-911-night-one/#comment-93029 no hd though... no hd though…

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