Former President George W. Bush will be the speaker at Flight 93 Memorial on 9/11

[left-of-center2012]

Former President George W. Bush will deliver the keynote speech at the Flight 93 Memorial near Shanksville on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred in the first year of his presidency.

Mr. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush will attend the memorial’s annual observance ceremony, which will be closed to the public for the second consecutive year because of the COVID-19 pandemic but open to the families of Flight 93 and a limited number of invited guests.

America’s leaders have visited the memorial numerous times over the past two decades to honor the 40 crew members and passengers who fought back against hijackers in 2001 and ultimately died when they forced the United Airlines plane down in an empty field.

Former President Donald Trump was last year’s keynote speaker. Joe Biden, who would win the presidency two months later, visited later in the day and placed a wreath of white flowers at the memorial.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/sept11/2021/09/01/Former-President-George-W-Bush-will-be-the-speaker-at-Flight-93-Memorial-on-9-11/stories/202109010135

[VarryOn]

1. Maybe because it's the 20th anniversary, but...

I’m particularly dreading this year’s anniversary. It must really be hard for the families.

[Jim G.]

2. What's He Going To Say?

"We were going to shoot this one down" ?

[JohnSJ]

3. You mean the guy that ignored the PDB and the Hart/Rudman report, and attacked Iraq based on

a lie will be the keynote speaker?

This country is really f**ked up

[live love laugh]

5. +💯

[jimfields33]

7. I'm sure president Biden will be in NYC

There is no way he can be in both places. He’s great but even this is a limitation.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Didn't Bush start the 20 year war in Afghanistan?

[Botany]

6. Maybe w can tell the people how he was given over 70 warnings.

BTW after the CIA person delivered th above PDB w said, "Good now you have covered your ass."

Or tell the people how he let bin Laden walk @ Tora Bora or the WMDs in Iraq story.

[Deep State Witch]

9. Burying The Lede

This report is used as an example to future PDB writers about "burying the lede". It should have said, "Al Qaeda Attack On US Imminent."

[Paladin]

8. Talk about adding insult to injury.

I hope the protests are loud and long.

[WHITT]

10. What's Chimpy Bush Gonna Say?

I really screwed the pooch?

[themaguffin]

11. There are a LOT of reasons to hate him speaking but

in terms of the country, having a former Republican speak (when Biden clearly can't be at all locations) is a fine statesman like gesture on Biden's part. Again, there is a lot to cringe about him, but there is value to it.

[left-of-center2012]

13. "a fine statesman like gesture on Biden's part"

No where in the linked article did it say who invited Bush,
but I'd guess it was the organization that cares for the site, ‘The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial’, along with the NPS.

[bif]

12. The international war criminal?

Nice.