That is false. I thought it self-evident.
Of course you did, and you can point us to the pre-9/11 post in which you made this self-evident declaration.
We'll wait.
Exactly what did you think was "self-evident?"
Was it self-evident that terrorists would make another attack on U.S. soil? I can agree that we should have known that someday they'd try something, but that hypothesis is not strong enough intelligence to counter their attack. Undoubtedly, we should never have had policies in the airlines saying that the way to deal with hijackings was for pilots to open the doors to the cockpit and try to establish a "rapport" with the hijackers. That policy was stupid in the 70's when it began.
Are you saying it was self-evident that the terrorists would hijack some planes and fly them into buildings? I've read Tom Clancy books too, but you are a long way from proving that we had real intelligence that they were implementing this kind of plan.
Are you saying it was self-evident that they would strike on that day? Again, you might have some tin-foil hat website making those claims, but the reality is that these claims are only valid in hindsight.
Anyway, if you can tear yourself away from trading insults with sinkspur, I'd like to know what you meant.
Thanks,
Oh, sure you did. (wink)