Friday, June 18, 2004Five excruciating minutesThe Memory Hole has posted still frames, at five second intervals, of a video that shows President Bush watching children read in a Florida classroom as planes were being hijacked and slammed into the World Trade Center buildings on September 11, 2001. It's agonizing and chilling to look at each of these frames and watch the President, after he's been told that the U.S. is under attack, just sit there. And sit there. And sit there. His rationale for not getting up immediately? The President told us his instinct was to project calm, not to have the country see an excited reaction at a moment of crisis. The national press corps was standing behind the children in the classroom; he saw their phones and pagers start to ring. The President felt he should project strength and calm until he could better understand what was happening. Right. Cause the American people certainly don't want a leader that springs into action. And it's not like the nation's news cameras were focused solely on him that morning, just watching what he'd do. He was in a classroom full of second-graders, his staff and a few reporters. No one would have minded if he'd suddenly cut the reading lesson short for a matter of national frickin' security. You should also read about Bush's Interesting Day, a vital timeline of his actions (or inactions) on 9/11. And, you can read the 9/11 Commission's own report here. (Thanks to Jason for the link.) posted by chris at 3:00 PM ------------------ |
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