Reply #48: It isn't that he sat while they finished reading -- it was the photo ops! [View All]

[CornField]

After the kids finished reading, Bush* and company didn't take off running. He spent several more minutes having his photograph taken!

Remember: This is after Andrew Card has already whispered in Bush*'s ear that "the nation is under attack."

Then -- when he does go to Air Force One, there are NO MILITARY ESCORTS!!! At this point he supposedly knows only two things: 1) Two planes have hit the WTC; 2) We have no clue what's going to happen next. In testimony after the fact, they said they thought that Air Force One might be a target. Yet, they took off from Florida without *any* military escort?!?

Also remember: The *only* person who can issue the order for the military to fire upon commercial aircraft is the president. (It was later confused as to who gave that order -- after the Pentagon was hit)